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2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

4 Ranked Colleges
271 Degrees Awarded
$32,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 4 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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Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in the New England Region

#1

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 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 Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Boston Architectural College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston Architectural College also made our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $28,865 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students per year to attend Boston Architectural College.

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.

Full Boston Architectural College Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 119 bachelors’s architect science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree architect science students list, UMass Amherst has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Massachusetts Amherst is $22,501 for new england region bachelor’s degree architect science students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Architectural Sciences & Technology at UMass Amherst

#3

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 76 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architect science 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. The estimated yearly cost for Wentworth Institute of Technology is $36,113 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 Wentworth Institute of Technology Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

#4

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island School of Design landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architect science students in 2019-2020.

RISD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rhode Island School of Design is $43,982 for new england region bachelor’s degree architect science students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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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