2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Doctorate in the Great Lakes 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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree architect science students.

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

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s architect science degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

Full UIUC Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

#2

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s architect science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois Tech, the school also landed 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 Institute of Technology are $30,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Illinois Institute of Technology Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology

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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