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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Technology/Technician (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
127 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural technology/technician 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 technology/technician 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 Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Technology/Technician (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York City College of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 76 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural technology/technician students in 2019-2020.

City Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend New York City College of Technology is $3,667 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students with aid.

Full City Tech Architectural Technology/Technician Report

#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,962 for bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students with aid 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 Getting Aid list. New York Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Old Westbury, New York that handed out 11 bachelors’s architectural technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

NYIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for New York Institute of Technology is $21,427 for bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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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#4

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Drury University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 2 bachelors’s architectural technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

Drury University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Drury University is $18,419 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students with aid.

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#5

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas Jefferson University landed the #5 spot on the list. Thomas Jefferson University is a medium-sized school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 3 bachelors’s architectural technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

Thomas Jefferson University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Thomas Jefferson University is $25,162 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Thomas Jefferson University Architectural Technology/Technician Report

#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 Getting Aid list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architectural technology/technician students in 2019-2020.

Boston Architectural College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Boston Architectural College is $28,865 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students with aid.

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.

Full Boston Architectural College Architectural Technology/Technician Report

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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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