2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k
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 “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Plains States region, there were 323 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,633 and $36,440 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 254 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $30-$48k.
Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Washington University in St Louis is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
WUSTL also made our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $6,248 for plains states region bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend WUSTL.
The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 106 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMN Twin Cities is $8,418 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $30-$48k.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 62 students in 2019-2020.
North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,544 for plains states region bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #4 spot on the list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 30 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $13,508 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.
Drury University also made our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $16,294 for plains states region bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Drury University.
Kansas State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. K -State is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Kansas State University is $15,089 for plains states region bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $30-$48k.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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Dunwoody College of Technology landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architecture students in 2019-2020.
Dunwoody College of Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Dunwoody College of Technology is $21,345 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $30-$48k.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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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