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2022 Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
42 Degrees Awarded
$32,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master's in California For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that 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 California, there were 370 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,619 and $58,932 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 6 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (Income Over $110k) in California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k list. Cal Poly Pomona is a large school located in Pomona, California that handed out 7 masters’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Poly Pomona, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Poly Pomona are $18,377, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #2 spot on the list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public institution located in San Luis Obispo, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo are $21,009, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #3 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a large public school situated in Berkeley, California. It awarded 6 masters’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Berkeley are $29,347, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k list. University of California - Los Angeles is a public institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCLA also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCLA are $28,131.

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#5

Woodbury University

Burbank, California

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Woodbury University landed the #5 spot on the list. Woodbury is a private not-for-profit institution located in Burbank, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Woodbury also made our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Woodbury University are $41,670, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, California

California College of the Arts did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Architecture Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #6. California College of the Arts is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

California College of the Arts also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at California College of the Arts are $53,795.

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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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