2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

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 & Related Services Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 17,480 people earned their degree in architecture and related services, making the major the 28th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, architecture and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,294 and had an average of $39,729 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 757 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,308 and $41,720 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 39 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architecture and related services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architecture and related services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architecture and related services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 & Related Services Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$4,030 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k list. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small school located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that handed out 20 associates’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $4,030 for pennsylvania associate degree architecture & related services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.

Read more about Architecture & Related Services at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

#2

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$22,255 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Williamsport, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s architecture and related services degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Penn College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $22,255 for pennsylvania associate degree architecture & related services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Penn College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services (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.

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