2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in District of Columbia (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” 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 District of Columbia, there were 98 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,100 and $32,893 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. CUA is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CUA are $50,340.

Read more about General Architecture at Catholic University of America

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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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