2022 Best Value Architecture Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Architecture Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Washington, there were 101 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,400 and $37,493 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architecture Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for General Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in Washington

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$18,110 Average Net Price

$56,034 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 101 ’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Architecture Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $18,110 for Washington Architecture students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Read full report on General Architecture at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

• Best Value Colleges for General Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Colleges for General Architecture (Income $75-$110k)

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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