by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in New Jersey” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Architecture is the 127th most popular major in the country with 4,982 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,005 and had an average of $26,624 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Jersey, there were 70 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,564 and $31,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in New Jersey” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general architecture. That schools that top this list have a program in general architecture in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The architecture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in New Jersey”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in New Jersey”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Kean University landed the #1 spot on the list. Union, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in New Jersey list. Princeton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Princeton, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in New Jersey list. Newark, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
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