2022 Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

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 architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 4,967 people earned their degree in architecture, making the major the 124th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 98 architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 69 architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architecture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architecture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture in District of Columbia

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$41,289 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia list. Howard is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 7 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Howard University is $41,289 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree architecture students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Architecture at Howard

#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$34,230 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 46 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architecture students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CUA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $34,230 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree architecture students per year to attend Catholic University of America.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Architecture at CUA

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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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