2022 Best Value Architecture Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

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 in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Arizona, there were 67 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,067 and $43,013 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Architecture Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Architecture in Arizona (With Aid)

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$11,706 Average Net Price

$46,397 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architecture Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s architecture degrees to 58 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Architecture Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $11,706 for arizona architecture students with aid per year to attend Arizona State University - Tempe.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on General Architecture at Arizona State University - Tempe

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$15,016 Average Net Price

$44,160 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architecture Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 2 ’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arizona architecture students with aid list, University of Arizona has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Architecture Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $15,016 for arizona architecture students with aid per year to attend University of Arizona.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Architecture at University of Arizona

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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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