2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 48 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,080 and $33,566 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$11,735 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Moscow, Idaho, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for U of I is $11,735 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $30-$48k)

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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