2022 Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 143 architectural and building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural and building sciences/technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural and building sciences/technology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$5,273 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL also made our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Washington University in St Louis is $5,273 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, 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 94%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at WUSTL

#2

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,054 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees to 83 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $10,054 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Iowa State University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full Iowa State Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Report

#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#3 in overall quality

$15,285 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #3 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 34 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $15,285 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend South Dakota State University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at South Dakota State University

• Best Value Bachelor’s 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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