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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Massachusetts, there were 80 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,475 and $42,644 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general architecture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general architecture programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in Massachusetts

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k list. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s architecture degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719.

Read full report on General Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$62,707 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Harvard University is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 3 masters’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Harvard University General Architecture Report

#3

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 1 masters’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341.

Read full report on General Architecture at UMass Amherst

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income $75-$110k)

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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