2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 845 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,071 and $36,815 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 188 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 10 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree architecture students whose families make $48-$75k.
Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Notre Dame, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s architecture degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.
Notre Dame also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Notre Dame are $57,522.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 1 masters’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Ohio State is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Ohio State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 11 masters’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. SIUC is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 34 masters’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Judson University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Judson is located in Elgin, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
Judson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Judson are $18,900.
Ball State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #7. Ball State University is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 17 masters’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
Ball State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State are $26,204.
Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #8. Illinois Institute of Technology is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
Illinois Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Kent State University at Kent ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Kent, Ohio, this large public school handed out 47 degrees to qualified masters’s architecture students in 2019-2020.
Kent State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State University at Kent are $21,952, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #10. Bowling Green, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s architecture degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at BGSU, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at BGSU are $15,823, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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- *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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