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2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
446 Degrees Awarded
$39,267 Avg Salary
Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architecture & Related Services is the 28th most popular major in the country with 17,480 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 681 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,167 and $31,946 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 446 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 7 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.

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 and related services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also made our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State University - Fort Collins is $15,927 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 103 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students whose families make $48-$75k list, CU Anschutz has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is $15,630 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Utah is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Utah is $14,501 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 141 students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Colorado Boulder is $18,979 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full CU - Boulder Architecture & Related Services Report

#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #5 spot on the list. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 52 students in 2019-2020.

U of I also took the #5 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for U of I is $13,528 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#7 in overall quality

Utah State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Utah State University is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 17 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $13,297 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend USU.

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#7

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Montana State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Bozeman, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $19,616 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Montana State University.

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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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