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2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

7 Ranked Colleges
446 Degrees Awarded
$16,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains 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 a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 681 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,167 and $31,946 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 446 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 7 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 103 students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also took the #3 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is $15,358 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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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#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 17 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Utah State University is $13,634 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 47 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also made our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $18,668 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students per year to attend Colorado State.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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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#4

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 41 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Utah is $14,773 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. University of Idaho is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 52 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for U of I is $14,132 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students.

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#6

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#6 in overall quality

Montana State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Montana State University is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also made our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $19,202 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students per year to attend MSU Bozeman.

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#1 in overall quality

University of Colorado Boulder did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #7. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 141 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Colorado Boulder is $21,680 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Architecture & Related Services at University of Colorado Boulder

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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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