2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 48 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,080 and $33,566 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

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 Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,326 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k 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 20 masters’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I also made our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112.

Read full report on General Architecture at U of I

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income Over $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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