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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology in the Great Lakes Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology is the 126th most popular major in the country with 6,003 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 729 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 304 architectural and building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in architectural and building sciences/technology. That schools that top this list have a program in architectural and building sciences/technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology in the Great Lakes Region

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lawrence Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lawrence Technological University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Southfield, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 76 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, Michigan

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Detroit Mercy landed the #3 spot on the list. Detroit Mercy is a private not-for-profit institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, 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 86%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 104 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the #5 spot on the list. Miami University - Oxford is a public institution located in Oxford, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Andrews University
Berrien Springs, Michigan

Andrews University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Berrien Springs, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.

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