by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Virginia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,982 people earned their degree in general architecture, making the major the 127th most popular in the United States. 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 Virginia, there were 79 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,890 and $26,405 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,799 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Virginia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Virginia”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Virginia”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Hampton University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hampton, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Virginia. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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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