2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services (Income $75-$110k) in North Carolina

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 North Carolina, there were 307 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,333 and $35,677 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 120 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services (Income $75-$110k) in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 37 degrees to qualified masters’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 45 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 36 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Charlotte, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services (Income $75-$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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