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2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 160 people earned their degree in architectural history, making the major the 325th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, architectural history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 119 architectural history graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural history. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architectural history programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural history program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural History (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality
$10,239 Average Net Price

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northeastern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 11 bachelors’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $0-$30k list, Northeastern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northeastern is $10,239 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Northeastern Architectural History Report

#2

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
#2 in overall quality
$8,882 Average Net Price

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $8,882 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Virginia.

The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Virginia - Main Campus Architectural History Report

#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#3 in overall quality
$14,387 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Kansas is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 38 bachelors’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

KU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend KU is $14,387 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural History students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Architectural History at KU

#4

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#5 in overall quality
$17,164 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Syracuse University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 1 bachelors’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Syracuse is $17,164 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural History students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Syracuse Architectural History Report

#5

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality
$27,136 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Bristol, Rhode Island, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

RWU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend RWU is $27,136 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.

Full RWU Architectural History Report

#6

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia
#6 in overall quality
$40,908 Average Net Price

Savannah College of Art and Design came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD also took the #6 spot in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $40,908 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SCAD.

Read more about Architectural History at Savannah College of Art and Design

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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