2022 Best Value Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in Oregon (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Oregon, there were 286 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,771 and $43,185 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The architecture & related services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$13,040 Average Net Price

$39,413 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid. Portland State University is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 119 ’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend Portland State University is $13,040 for Oregon Architecture & Related Services students with aid.

Read more about Architecture & Related Services at Portland State University

#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$16,461 Average Net Price

$37,360 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Eugene, Oregon, and it awarded 167 ’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $16,461 for Oregon Architecture & Related Services students with aid per year to attend UO.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Architecture & Related Services at University of Oregon

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lorenzo Cafaro.

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