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2022 Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
260 Degrees Awarded
$29,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,851 people earned their degree in architectural and building sciences/technology, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 647 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 260 architectural and building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in architectural and building sciences/technology. 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.

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 and building sciences/technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 120 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $14,010 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural and building sciences/technology students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

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#2

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #2 spot on the list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulane, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tulane University of Louisiana is $24,632 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural and building sciences/technology students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 43 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U Miami, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Miami is $36,623 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural and building sciences/technology students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, 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 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. SCAD is located in Savannah, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 66 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCAD, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $41,628 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Savannah College of Art and Design.

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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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