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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
283 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the architectural sciences and technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree architect science students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 120 bachelors’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $21,198 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architect science students per year to attend Virginia Tech.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Virginia Tech Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. WKU is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree architect science students list, WKU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend WKU is $11,962 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students.

Read more about Architectural Sciences & Technology at WKU

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. SCAD is located in Savannah, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 66 bachelors’s architect science degrees to qualified students.

SCAD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Savannah College of Art and Design is $43,641 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architect Science students.

Full SCAD Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

#4

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U Miami, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend U Miami is $46,949 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architect science students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Miami Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

#5

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #5 spot on the list. Tulane University of Louisiana is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s architect science degrees to qualified students.

Tulane not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Tulane is $37,841 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architect science students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Architectural Sciences & Technology at Tulane

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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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