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2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Architectural History is the 325th most popular major in the country with 160 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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 architectural history program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural History (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s architectural history degrees to qualified students.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Northeastern is $12,823 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $30-$48k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read full report on Architectural History at Northeastern

#2

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural history students in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Virginia is $11,696 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $30-$48k.

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 student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Architectural History at University of Virginia

#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

KU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,380 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural History students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend KU.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full KU Architectural History Report

#4

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s architectural history degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Syracuse, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $21,360 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Syracuse.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Architectural History at Syracuse

#5

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the #5 spot on the list. RWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bristol, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

RWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $28,784 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend RWU.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full RWU Architectural History Report

#6 in overall quality

Savannah College of Art and Design ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Savannah, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architectural history degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

SCAD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $41,628 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural History students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SCAD.

Full SCAD Architectural History Report

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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