2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on architecture Major in the Southwest Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on architecture Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Architecture is the 147th most popular major in the country with 4,854 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 954 architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on architecture Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in architecture. That schools that top this list have a program in architecture in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on architecture Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree architecture students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on architecture Major in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Architecture at Texas A&M University - College Station
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on architecture Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s architecture students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full ASU - Tempe 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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