2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services
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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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9,187 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 136 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 81 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for North Dakota State University - Main Campus is $16,584 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.
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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. ASU - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 75 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,971 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students per year to attend ASU - Skysong.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State is $19,252 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westfield State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Westfield is a public institution located in Westfield, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Westfield State University is $19,167 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Kennesaw State University is $17,221 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.
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SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Syracuse, New York, this small public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.
ESF also took the #14 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $19,737 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students per year to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Dunwoody College of Technology landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Dunwoody College of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $24,488 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students per year to attend Dunwoody College of Technology.
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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Iowa State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 134 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Iowa State is $15,496 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Louisiana Tech University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school situated in Ruston, Louisiana. It awarded 28 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Louisiana Tech is $12,084 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 36 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for SIUC is $16,945 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.
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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Pomona, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 183 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is $12,734 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Architecture & Related Services Report
Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 12 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #18 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Purdue is $13,986 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Houston came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 90 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,838 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students per year to attend University of Houston.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #14, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 95 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $17,876 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend OSU is $14,648 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 61 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $16,529 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students per year to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in San Luis Obispo, California, and it awarded 200 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $21,595 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students per year to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
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Virginia Tech ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 123 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $21,198 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Texas Tech University landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 173 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $17,571 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #20, Florida Atlantic University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 67 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Florida Atlantic University is $10,186 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students.
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The City College of New York landed the #21 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. The City College of New York is a fairly large public school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 49 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for CCNY is $2,385 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #22. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $15,060 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students per year to attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Mississippi State University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Mississippi State University is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Mississippi State University is $16,173 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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University of Georgia ranked #24 on this year’s Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Georgia is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UGA also made our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #19. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $13,649 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.
The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Ponce, is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce is $9,304 for bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.
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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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