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2022 Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

11 Ranked Colleges
640 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

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 the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 870 architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 640 architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 11 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.

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 architecture program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 73 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students per year to attend University of Houston.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UH Architecture Report

#9 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 80 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,853 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Read more about Architecture at UTSA

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 113 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree architecture students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Architecture at Texas Tech

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Oklahoma is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree architecture students per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Architecture at University of Oklahoma

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UT Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 51 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Arlington is $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students.

Read more about Architecture at The University of Texas at Arlington

#6

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, Texas
#10 in overall quality

Prairie View A & M University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Prairie View, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at PVAMU, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,582 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students per year to attend PVAMU.

Read more about Architecture at Prairie View A & M University

#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2022 Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 54 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Architecture at ASU - Tempe

#8

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#11 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 50 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture students in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #11. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree architecture students.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Architecture Report

#1 in overall quality

The University of Texas at Austin landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students per year to attend UT Austin.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin

#10

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 114 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Architecture at Texas A&M University - College Station

#11

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #11, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2022 Best Value architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree architecture students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Arizona Architecture Report

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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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