2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate in the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 1,196 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,867 and $33,297 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 29 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 an Associate in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree architecture & related services students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in the Plains States Region

#1

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$15,933 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ranken Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Ranken Technical College is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s architecture and related services degrees to qualified students.

Ranken Technical College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ranken Technical College is $15,933 for plains states region associate degree architecture & related services students.

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at Ranken Technical College

#2

Dunwoody College of Technology

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$24,488 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dunwoody College of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Minneapolis, Minnesota 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 21 students 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 in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dunwoody College of Technology is $24,488 for plains states region associate degree architecture & related services students.

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.

Read more about Architecture & Related Services at Dunwoody College of Technology

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

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