2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,051 people earned their degree in general architecture, making the major the 111th most popular in the United States. 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 Virginia, there were 82 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,960 and $42,541 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general architecture programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Doctorate in Virginia 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 Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s architecture degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Architecture at Virginia Tech

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’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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