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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Technology/Technician (Income $0-$30k)

6 Ranked Colleges
127 Degrees Awarded
$14,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 780 people earned their degree in architectural technology/technician, making the major the 536th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 127 architectural technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architectural technology/technician programs and 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 technology/technician program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Technology/Technician (Income $0-$30k)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York City College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. City Tech is located in Brooklyn, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 76 bachelors’s architectural technology/technician degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k list, City Tech has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for City Tech is $2,456 for bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architectural technology/technician degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

WKU also made our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $11,714 for bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Western Kentucky University.

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#3

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. New York Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Old Westbury, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NYIT, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New York Institute of Technology is $18,094 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drury University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architectural technology/technician degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Drury University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Drury University is $13,925 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thomas Jefferson University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural technology/technician students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k list, Thomas Jefferson University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Thomas Jefferson University is $18,118 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#6

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Boston Architectural College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boston Architectural College is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s architectural technology/technician degrees to qualified students.

Boston Architectural College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Boston Architectural College is $25,124 for bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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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