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2022 Best Vallue Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

4 Ranked Colleges
260 Degrees Awarded
$42,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Best Vallue Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 120 bachelors’s degrees 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 yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology students whose families make more than $110k.

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

Full Virginia Tech Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Report

#2

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 43 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology students in 2019-2020.

U Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $46,949 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend U Miami.

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 low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 U Miami Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 66 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $43,641 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural and building sciences/technology students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend SCAD.

Read full report on Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at Savannah College of Art and Design

#4

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #4 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.

Tulane also made our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Tulane University of Louisiana is $37,841 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology students whose families make more than $110k.

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.

Read more about Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at Tulane University of Louisiana

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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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