2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Architect Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Architect Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Architectural Sciences & Technology is the 107th most popular major in the country with 7,632 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , architectural sciences & technology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $52,874 and had an average of $47,513 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,967 architectural sciences & technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,150 and $53,368 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 architectural sciences & technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,902 and $128,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Architect Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in architectural sciences & technology. That schools that top this list have a program in architectural sciences & technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Architect Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree architect science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Architect Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s architect science degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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 Carnegie Mellon University

2

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

#24 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Architect Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s architect science students in 2021-2022.

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 undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.

Full RPI Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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