2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in Oregon (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Oregon, there were 179 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,150 and $44,849 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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 Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,358 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid list. Portland State University is a public institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Architecture at Portland State University

#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$29,991 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,233 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid. Eugene, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s architecture degrees to 55 students in 2019-2020.

UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oregon are $29,991.

Read more about General Architecture at UO

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture (With Aid)

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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