2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $48-$75k) in Missouri

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that 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 Missouri, there were 37 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,950 and $64,875 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $48-$75k) in Missouri

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$11,832 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL also made our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Washington University in St Louis is $11,832 for missouri bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full WUSTL General Architecture Report

#2

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$16,808 Average Net Price

$47,595 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drury University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Drury University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The estimated yearly cost for Drury University is $16,808 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $48-$75k)

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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