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2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
271 Degrees Awarded
$25,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,631 people earned their degree in architectural sciences and technology, making the major the 128th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, architectural sciences and technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,611 and had an average of $53,442 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 791 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $62,757 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 271 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in architectural sciences and technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural sciences and technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architectural sciences and technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 119 bachelors’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $13,137 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UMass Amherst.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston Architectural College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architect science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston Architectural College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Boston Architectural College is $25,124 for new england region bachelor’s degree architect science students whose families make $0-$30k.

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 more about Architectural Sciences & Technology at Boston Architectural College

#3

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architect science degrees to 76 students in 2019-2020.

WIT also made our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $30,875 for new england region bachelor’s degree architect science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend WIT.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Architectural Sciences & Technology at WIT

#4

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island School of Design. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Rhode Island School of Design is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RISD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rhode Island School of Design is $32,844 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 students. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Read more about Architectural Sciences & Technology at Rhode Island School of Design

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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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