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2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
93 Degrees Awarded
$27,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,051 people earned their degree in general architecture, making the major the 111th most popular in the United States. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 103 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,767 and $44,563 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 93 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general architecture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general architecture programs and cost less that 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 general architecture program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Pennsylvania is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 16 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $20,632 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Pennsylvania.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UPenn General Architecture Report

#2

Marywood University

Scranton, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marywood University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architecture students in 2019-2020.

Marywood not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for Marywood is $23,793 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.

Read more about General Architecture at Marywood University

#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #3 spot on the list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $75-$110k list, Carnegie Mellon has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Carnegie Mellon is $30,722 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on General Architecture at Carnegie Mellon

#4

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k. Drexel is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 33 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Drexel is $36,496 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree architecture students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

Read full report on General Architecture at Drexel

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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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