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2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$42,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master's For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Architectural History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 architectural history graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural history 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 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 Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree architectural history students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architectural History (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s architectural history degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Harvard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architectural History Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Harvard University Architectural History Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 9 masters’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree architectural history students whose families make $48-$75k list, Columbia has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Architectural History Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Architectural History at Columbia University in the City of New York

#3

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 1 masters’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Architectural History Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WUSTL are $56,562, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Architectural History at WUSTL

#4

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s architectural history degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Architectural History Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394.

Read more about Architectural History at University of Virginia - Main Campus

#5

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston Architectural College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 5 masters’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston Architectural College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Architectural History Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston Architectural College are $25,970.

Read more about Architectural History at Boston Architectural College

#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Savannah College of Art and Design did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. SCAD is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Savannah, Georgia. It awarded 3 masters’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCAD, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Architectural History Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Savannah College of Art and Design are $38,975, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Architectural History at SCAD

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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