2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $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 the Southwest region, there were 874 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,865 and $31,115 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Vallue Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree architecture students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s architecture students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Architecture at Arizona State University - Tempe

#2

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s architecture degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Architecture at Texas A&M University - College Station

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income Over $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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