2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 4,814 people earned their degree in general architecture, making the major the 127th most popular in the United States. In , general architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $49,038 and had an average of $30,541 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 324 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,837 and $27,649 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general architecture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general architecture.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree architecture students.
Top 7 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 58 degrees to qualified masters’s architecture students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus General Architecture Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region list. UNL is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 masters’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
Full UNL General Architecture Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s architecture students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, 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.
Full Iowa State University General Architecture Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s architecture degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
Full Washington University in St Louis General Architecture Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 100 masters’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Architecture at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. K -State is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Architecture at K -State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s architecture degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Architecture at KU
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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