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2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
291 Degrees Awarded
$16,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 291 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 7 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.

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 general architecture program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 10 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT also made our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $1,820 for new england region bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Architecture at MIT

#2

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #2 spot on the list. Yale is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale also made our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Yale is $1,647 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Yale University General Architecture Report

#3

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Northeastern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 33 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northeastern is $12,823 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read full report on General Architecture at Northeastern

#4

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keene State College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Keene State College is a small public school situated in Keene, New Hampshire. It awarded 29 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Keene State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $14,717 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Keene State.

Full Keene State General Architecture Report

#5

Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Norwich is a private not-for-profit institution located in Northfield, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Norwich not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $18,644 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Norwich University.

Read more about General Architecture at Norwich

#6

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island

Rhode Island School of Design landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

RISD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for RISD is $34,704 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Rhode Island School of Design General Architecture Report

#7

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island

Roger Williams University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. Bristol, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 95 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RWU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $28,784 for new england region bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend RWU.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 Roger Williams University General Architecture Report

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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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