2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania
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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.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 757 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,308 and $41,720 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 305 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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.
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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Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania
The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree architecture & related services students.
Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in Pennsylvania
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Chatham University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 15 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
Chatham not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chatham are $18,836, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania State University - University Park landed the #2 spot on the list.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Penn State University Park, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pennsylvania State University - University Park are $38,728, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. Temple University is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 36 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Jefferson University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. This medium-sized school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 35 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.
Thomas Jefferson University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Thomas Jefferson University are $21,978.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #5 spot on the list. Drexel University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Drexel also took the #3 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Pennsylvania came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania ranking. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s architecture and related services degrees to 170 students in 2019-2020.
UPenn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Carnegie Mellon University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania ranking. Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s architecture and related services degrees to qualified students.
Carnegie Mellon also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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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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