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2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$30,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Getting Aid” 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.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” 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 Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural History (With Aid)

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s architectural history degrees to qualified students.

University of Virginia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Virginia - Main Campus is $20,397 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.

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

#2

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #2 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 also made our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend University of Kansas is $18,918 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also made our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Northeastern University is $31,093 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students with aid.

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

#4

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 #4 for the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Roger Williams University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bristol, Rhode Island. It awarded 2 bachelors’s architectural history 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. The estimated yearly cost for RWU is $36,456 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural History students with aid.

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

#5

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architectural history degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

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. The estimated yearly cost for Syracuse University is $34,482 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students with aid.

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

#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 Getting Aid ranking. SCAD is located in Savannah, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s architectural history degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree architectural history students with aid list, SCAD has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Savannah College of Art and Design is $43,641 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural History students with aid.

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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