2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in Oregon

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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.

Across Oregon, there were 179 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,150 and $44,849 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 99 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon” 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.

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 in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in Oregon

#1

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$16,461 Average Net Price

$51,482 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon list. This large school is located in Eugene, Oregon, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend UO is $16,461 for oregon bachelor’s degree architecture students.

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%.

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#2

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$13,040 Average Net Price

$37,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Portland State University is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 46 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Portland State University is $13,040 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students.

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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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