2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology is the 155th most popular major in the country with 5,851 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 485 architectural and building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 architectural and building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architectural and building sciences/technology 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 and building sciences/technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree architectural and building sciences/technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,980 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ranken Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s architectural and building sciences/technology students in 2019-2020.

Ranken Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ranken Technical College is $13,980 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at Ranken Technical College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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