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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

3 Ranked Colleges
186 Degrees Awarded
$19,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 316 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 186 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in architectural sciences and technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural sciences and technology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architect science degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

U of U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $17,718 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend U of U.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 103 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend CU Anschutz is $20,353 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Montana State University is a fairly large public school situated in Bozeman, Montana. It awarded 44 bachelors’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $21,587 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree architect science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Montana State University.

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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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