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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architectural History

5 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$39,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master's

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” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 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” ranking analyzed 5 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural history program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architectural History

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
#3 in overall quality
$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees
$46,087 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Master’s list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 2 masters’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Architectural History Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality
$25,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston Architectural College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s. Boston Architectural College is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s architectural history degrees to qualified students.

Boston Architectural College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Architectural History Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston Architectural College are $25,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia
#5 in overall quality
$38,975 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s. Savannah College of Art and Design is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Savannah, Georgia. It awarded 3 masters’s architectural history degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD also took the #5 spot in our “Best Architectural History Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SCAD are $38,975, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York
#2 in overall quality
$51,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s architectural history students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree architectural history students list, Columbia has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Architectural History Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194.

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#5

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality
$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Architectural History Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s architectural history 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654.

Read full report on Architectural History at Harvard

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%.

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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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