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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services

5 Ranked Colleges
613 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 17,480 people earned their degree in architecture and related services, making the major the 28th most popular in the United States. 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 Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architecture and related services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architecture and related services programs and cost less that 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 colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree architecture & related services students.

#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 Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a public institution located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also took the #3 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,108 for associate degree architecture & related services students per year to attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.

Read more about Architecture & Related Services at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

#2

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ranken Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate. Ranken Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 4 associates’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

Ranken Technical College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ranken Technical College is $15,933 for Associate Degree Architecture & Related Services students.

Read more about Architecture & Related Services at Ranken Technical College

#3

Dunwoody College of Technology

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dunwoody College of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate. Dunwoody College of Technology is a small school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 21 associates’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dunwoody College of Technology, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $24,488 for associate degree architecture & related services students per year to attend Dunwoody College of Technology.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at Dunwoody College of Technology

#4

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate. Pennsylvania College of Technology is a small school located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania that handed out 15 associates’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Penn College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Penn College is $25,794 for associate degree architecture & related services students.

Full Pennsylvania College of Technology Architecture & Related Services Report

#5

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate list. Located in Old Westbury, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree architecture & related services students list, NYIT has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New York Institute of Technology is $21,427 for Associate Degree Architecture & Related Services students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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