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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Technology/Technician

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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Architectural Technology/Technician is the 536th most popular major in the country with 780 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architectural technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Technology/Technician

#1

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston Architectural College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s architectural technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students list, Boston Architectural College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Boston Architectural College is $28,865 for bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Architectural Technology/Technician at Boston Architectural College

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New York City College of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 76 bachelors’s architectural technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

City Tech also made our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $3,667 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students per year to attend City Tech.

Full New York City College of Technology Architectural Technology/Technician Report

#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s architectural technology/technician degrees 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. The yearly cost to attend Western Kentucky University is $11,962 for bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students.

Full WKU Architectural Technology/Technician Report

#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. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s architectural technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students list, Drury University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,419 for Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students per year to attend Drury University.

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#5

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Jefferson University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architectural technology/technician degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Thomas Jefferson University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Thomas Jefferson University is $25,162 for bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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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#6

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York
#3 in overall quality

New York Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Old Westbury, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural technology/technician students in 2019-2020.

NYIT also took the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New York Institute of Technology is $21,427 for bachelor’s degree architectural technology/technician students.

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%.

Full NYIT 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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