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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$30,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Architecture is the 111th most popular major in the country with 5,051 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,998 and had an average of $41,356 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 197 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,625 and $42,290 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general architecture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general architecture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree architecture students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 1 doctorate’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695.

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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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