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2022 Best Vallue Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k

5 Ranked Colleges
613 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 613 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in architecture and related services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architecture and related services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architecture and related services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k.

#1

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Lancaster, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s architecture and related services degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $8,108 for associate degree architecture & related services students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.

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#2

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ranken Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s architecture and related services degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ranken Technical College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ranken Technical College is $15,933 for associate degree architecture & related services students whose families make more than $110k.

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#3

Dunwoody College of Technology

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dunwoody College of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified associates’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

Dunwoody College of Technology not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Dunwoody College of Technology is $24,488 for associate degree architecture & related services students whose families make more than $110k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#4

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Old Westbury, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

NYIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend New York Institute of Technology is $21,427 for associate degree architecture & related services students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

Full New York Institute of Technology Architecture & Related Services Report

#5

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k list. Pennsylvania College of Technology is a small public school situated in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It awarded 15 associates’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree architecture & related services students whose families make more than $110k list, Penn College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $25,794 for Associate Degree Architecture & Related Services students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Penn College.

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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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