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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural History (Income $75-$110k)

6 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$29,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in architectural history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural history programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architectural history program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural History (Income $75-$110k)

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architectural history degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia also made our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of Virginia - Main Campus is $21,646 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 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%.

Read full report on Architectural History at University of Virginia

#2

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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northeastern is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 11 bachelors’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $75-$110k list, Northeastern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northeastern University is $25,744 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $75-$110k.

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

#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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #3 spot on the list. KU is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 38 bachelors’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for KU is $20,981 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural History students whose families make $75-$110k.

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

Full KU Architectural History Report

#4

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural history students in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also took the #5 spot in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Syracuse University is $27,922 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural History students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural History at Syracuse

#5

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

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 $75-$110k. RWU is a small school located in Bristol, Rhode Island that handed out 2 bachelors’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $75-$110k list, RWU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for RWU is $35,483 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

Read more about Architectural History at RWU

#6 in overall quality

Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCAD, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $45,370 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural History students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend SCAD.

Full Savannah College of Art and Design 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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