2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Southwest region, there were 874 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,865 and $31,115 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 640 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 11 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students.
Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 73 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students list, UH has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students per year to attend University of Houston.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read full report on General Architecture at University of Houston
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #2 spot on the list. UTSA is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 80 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UTSA is $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 113 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students list, Texas Tech has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 1 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students per year to attend University of Oklahoma.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 51 students in 2019-2020.
UT Arlington also made our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Arlington is $14,246 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students.
With a ranking of #6, Prairie View A & M University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Prairie View, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture students in 2019-2020.
PVAMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Prairie View A & M University is $14,582 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students.
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 54 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
With a ranking of #8, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 50 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
UNM also made our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #11. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students.
With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students per year to attend UT Austin.
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 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 114 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Arizona did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architecture students per year to attend University of Arizona.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its 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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