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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in Massachusetts

6 Ranked Colleges
344 Degrees Awarded
$38,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Massachusetts, there were 597 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $62,757 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 344 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural sciences and technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architectural sciences and technology programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree architect science students.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s architect science degrees to qualified students.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 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 #2 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Boston Architectural College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 73 masters’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston Architectural College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston Architectural College are $25,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. Northeastern University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 28 masters’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558.

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#4

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Wentworth Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 54 diplomas to qualified masters’s architect science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our massachusetts master’s degree architect science students list, WIT has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WIT are $38,600.

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#5

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Harvard is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 123 masters’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654.

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#6

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Massachusetts Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts ranking, coming in at #6. MIT is a fairly large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 54 masters’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719.

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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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