2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 District of Columbia, there were 98 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,100 and $32,893 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general architecture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general architecture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree architecture students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in District of Columbia

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s architecture degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia master’s degree architecture students list, CUA has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Architecture at CUA

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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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