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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural History

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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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” 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” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The architectural history school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s”.

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Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree architectural history students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural History

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#3 in overall quality
$18,918 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s list. KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s architectural history degrees to qualified students.

KU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend KU is $18,918 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students.

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

Read full report on Architectural History at University of Kansas

#2

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality
$36,456 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 #2 for the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Bristol, Rhode Island, and 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.

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 Roger Williams University Architectural History Report

#3

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia
#6 in overall quality
$43,641 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Savannah College of Art and Design is a fairly large school located in Savannah, Georgia that handed out 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. The yearly cost to attend SCAD is $43,641 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural History students.

Full Savannah College of Art and Design Architectural History Report

#4

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
#2 in overall quality
$20,397 Average Net Price

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #4 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 also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $20,397 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students per year to attend University of Virginia.

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 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Virginia Architectural History Report

#5

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality
$31,093 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s 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 also made our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $31,093 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural History students per year to attend Northeastern.

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

#6

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#5 in overall quality
$34,482 Average Net Price

Syracuse University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Bachelor’s 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.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree architectural history students list, Syracuse has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Architectural History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Syracuse University is $34,482 for bachelor’s degree architectural history students.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full Syracuse 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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