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2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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271 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,631 people earned their degree in architectural sciences and technology, making the major the 128th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, architectural sciences and technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,611 and had an average of $53,442 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 791 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $62,757 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 271 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural sciences and technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architectural sciences and technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural sciences and technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 119 bachelors’s architect science degrees to qualified students.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for University of Massachusetts Amherst is $18,104 for new england region bachelor’s degree architect science students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural Sciences & Technology at UMass Amherst

#2

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston Architectural College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Boston Architectural College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree architect science students whose families make $48-$75k list, Boston Architectural College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $33,155 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Boston Architectural College.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Boston Architectural College Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

#3

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wentworth Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Wentworth Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 76 bachelors’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

WIT also made our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $34,857 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend WIT.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Architectural Sciences & Technology at WIT

#4

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island School of Design. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architect science degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

RISD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Rhode Island School of Design is $41,245 for new england region bachelor’s degree architect science students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Architectural Sciences & Technology at Rhode Island School of Design

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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