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2022 Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k

4 Ranked Colleges
93 Degrees Awarded
$40,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Pennsylvania, there were 103 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,767 and $44,563 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 93 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general architecture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general architecture programs and 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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Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income Over $110k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Marywood University

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Marywood University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Marywood not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for Marywood is $22,236 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.

Read more about General Architecture at Marywood University

#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k. UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.

UPenn also made our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend UPenn is $25,802 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about General Architecture at University of Pennsylvania

#3

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k. Drexel University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel also made our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Drexel is $34,914 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Architecture at Drexel

#4

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #4 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 11 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The yearly cost to attend Carnegie Mellon is $34,508 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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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