2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southwest region, there were 24 architecture (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 architecture (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The architecture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture (Other) in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$15,016 Average Net Price

$35,060 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 24 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architecture (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Architecture (Other) at University of Arizona

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture (Other) (With Aid)

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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