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2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

2 Ranked Colleges
91 Degrees Awarded
$16,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor's in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 North Carolina, there were 107 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,950 and $38,635 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 91 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,192 and $24,368 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina bachelor’s degree architecture students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in North Carolina (With Aid)

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.

NC State also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NC State is $16,458 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full North Carolina State University General Architecture Report

#2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. UNC Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 61 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNC Charlotte is $16,529 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Architecture at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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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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