2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Architectural Sciences & Technology is the 128th most popular major in the country with 6,631 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 739 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,633 and $34,576 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 283 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural sciences and technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architectural sciences and technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural sciences and technology 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 Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 120 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architect science students in 2019-2020.
Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $21,198 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architect science students with aid.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 5 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s architect science degrees to qualified students.
WKU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WKU is $11,962 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architect science students with aid.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 43 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architect science students in 2019-2020.
U Miami also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $46,949 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students with aid per year to attend U Miami.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tulane is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Tulane also made our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Tulane is $37,841 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students with aid.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Savannah College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit institution located in Savannah, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 66 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
SCAD also took the #4 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SCAD is $43,641 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students with aid.
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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%.
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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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