2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture
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In 2019-2020, 5,051 people earned their degree in general architecture, making the major the 111th most popular in the United States. 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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,736 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 81 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general architecture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture
Out of the 81 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 62 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architecture students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University is $16,584 for bachelor’s degree architecture students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Architecture at North Dakota State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for KSU Georgia is $17,221 for bachelor’s degree architecture students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dunwoody College of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
Dunwoody College of Technology also made our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #24. The yearly cost to attend Dunwoody College of Technology is $24,488 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about General Architecture at Dunwoody College of Technology
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale is $16,945 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students.
Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale General Architecture Report
Out of the 81 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #5 spot on the list. Pomona, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 88 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Poly Pomona, the school also landed the #23 spot in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,734 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students per year to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full California State Polytechnic University - Pomona General Architecture Report
University of Houston ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 73 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of Houston is $12,838 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 95 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architecture students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $17,876 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
Read more about General Architecture at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
With a ranking of #8, University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,529 for bachelor’s degree architecture students per year to attend UNC Charlotte.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $21,595 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students.
The low student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Florida A&M University is a medium-sized public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 37 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is $15,060 for bachelor’s degree architecture students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Florida Atlantic University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Florida Atlantic University is a large school located in Boca Raton, Florida that handed out 26 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,186 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students per year to attend Florida Atlantic University.
Full Florida Atlantic University General Architecture Report
Mississippi State University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Mississippi State is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 22 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Mississippi State is $16,173 for bachelor’s degree architecture students.
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 full report on General Architecture at Mississippi State
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #13. Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Ponce, . It awarded 20 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $9,304 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students per year to attend Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce.
Read full report on General Architecture at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce
The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 80 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend UTSA is $13,853 for bachelor’s degree architecture students.
Read full report on General Architecture at The University of Texas at San Antonio
With a ranking of #15, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Kent State University at Kent is a public institution located in Kent, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 89 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Kent State is $18,885 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students.
Texas Tech University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 113 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $17,571 for bachelor’s degree architecture students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
North Carolina State University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #21 spot in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,458 for bachelor’s degree architecture students per year to attend North Carolina State University.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Central Florida came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Central Florida is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $10,274 for bachelor’s degree architecture students per year to attend University of Central Florida.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #19, University of Florida did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 88 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architecture students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $6,302 for bachelor’s degree architecture students per year to attend University of Florida.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Oklahoma is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read full report on General Architecture at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
With a ranking of #21, University of Arkansas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UARK is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 57 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,381 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students per year to attend UARK.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Keene State College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Keene State is a small public school situated in Keene, New Hampshire. It awarded 29 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Keene State College is $19,394 for bachelor’s degree architecture students.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $17,208 for bachelor’s degree architecture students per year to attend UNL.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln General Architecture Report
Morgan State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #24. Morgan State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 42 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $17,619 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students per year to attend Morgan State.
With a ranking of #25, Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Hato Rey, , and it awarded 34 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,057 for Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students per year to attend Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico.
Full Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico General Architecture Report
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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%.
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- 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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