2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Architecture is the 111th most popular major in the country with 5,051 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,998 and had an average of $41,356 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 98 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,100 and $32,893 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 69 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general architecture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general architecture 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in District of Columbia

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$26,211 Average Net Price

$47,595 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. CUA is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CUA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Catholic University of America is $26,211 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $30-$48k.

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.

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#2

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$39,858 Average Net Price

$56,716 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Howard University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 7 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Howard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. It costs about $39,858 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Howard.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on General Architecture at Howard University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $30-$48k)

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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