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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the New England region, there were 386 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,307 and $45,609 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general architecture 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 general architecture 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 Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s architecture degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Yale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Yale General Architecture Report

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Harvard is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 9 doctorate’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654.

Read full report on General Architecture at Harvard University

#3

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s architecture students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region doctor’s degree architecture students whose families make $0-$30k list, MIT has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Massachusetts Institute of Technology General Architecture Report

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

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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