2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in Pennsylvania

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 452 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,433 and $32,746 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in Pennsylvania

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s architect science students in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Architectural Sciences & Technology at Carnegie Mellon

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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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