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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

9 Ranked Colleges
359 Degrees Awarded
$26,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 757 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,308 and $41,720 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 359 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 a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 9 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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 a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid.

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn also made our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend UPenn is $25,802 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

Marywood University

Scranton, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Marywood University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

Marywood not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $22,236 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students with aid per year to attend Marywood University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Chatham University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chatham University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

Chatham not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for Chatham is $25,100 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students with aid.

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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Chatham Architecture & Related Services Report

#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. Indiana, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

IUP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for IUP is $22,448 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students with aid.

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#5

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. Temple is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 80 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $23,521 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students with aid per year to attend Temple University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Architecture & Related Services at Temple University

#6

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Thomas Jefferson University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid ranking. Thomas Jefferson University is a medium-sized school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 70 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Thomas Jefferson University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $25,162 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students with aid per year to attend Thomas Jefferson University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Thomas Jefferson University Architecture & Related Services Report

#7

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Carnegie Mellon University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 48 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Carnegie Mellon is $34,508 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

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#8

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#9 in overall quality

Pennsylvania College of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, this small public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

Penn College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $25,794 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students with aid per year to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology.

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#9

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Drexel University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid ranking. Drexel is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 33 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $34,914 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students with aid per year to attend Drexel University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

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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%.

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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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