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2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
274 Degrees Awarded
$20,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Architectural Sciences & Technology is the 128th most popular major in the country with 6,631 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 717 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $48,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 274 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in architectural sciences and technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architectural sciences and technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the architectural sciences and technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 91 bachelors’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UIUC is $15,880 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#2

University of Detroit Mercy

Detroit, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Detroit Mercy. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

Detroit Mercy not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Detroit Mercy is $18,356 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Detroit Mercy Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Oxford, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architect science degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree architect science students with aid list, Miami University - Oxford has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Miami University - Oxford is $24,323 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Illinois Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 62 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also made our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Illinois Tech is $22,831 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Illinois Institute of Technology Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

#5

Andrews University

Berrien Springs, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Andrews University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Berrien Springs, Michigan, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

Andrews did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Andrews is $21,934 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree architect science students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Architectural Sciences & Technology at Andrews 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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