2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture (Other) (Income Over $110k) 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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 233 people earned their degree in architecture (other), making the major the 306th most popular in the United States. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 architecture (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architecture (other) programs, but they also 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 architecture (other) program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree architecture students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture (Other) (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$26,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$51,273 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in Muncie, Indiana, and it awarded 8 masters’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architecture (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State University are $26,204, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Ball State Architecture (Other) Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture (Other) (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.

Credits

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

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