2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in the Great Lakes Region (With 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 Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 717 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $48,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 2 doctorate’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Architectural Sciences & Technology at UIUC

#2

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Architectural Sciences & Technology at Illinois Institute of Technology

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology (With Aid)

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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