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 the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 378 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,837 and $26,740 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 289 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general architecture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general architecture.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drury University landed the #1 spot on the list. Drury University is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dunwoody College of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region list. Dunwoody College of Technology is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about General Architecture at Dunwoody College of Technology
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 64 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus General Architecture Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #4 spot on the list. UNL is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 71 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 104 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities General Architecture Report
Washington University in St Louis did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Benedictine College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region list. Benedictine College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atchison, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Iowa State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 0 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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