2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture (Other) (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Architecture (Other) is the 306th most popular major in the country with 233 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, architecture (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,300 and had an average of $24,848 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 23 architecture (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 architecture (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architecture (other) programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architecture (other) program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture (Other) (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$8,403 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ball State University is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 1 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State also made our “Best Architecture (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Ball State University is $8,403 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Architecture (Other) at Ball State

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture (Other) (Income $0-$30k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lorenzo Cafaro.

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