2022 Best Value Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architecture (Other) is the 306th most popular major in the country with 233 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, architecture (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,300 and had an average of $24,848 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 24 architecture (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,750 respectively.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the architecture (other) program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Architecture (Other) in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$15,016 Average Net Price

$44,160 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 24 ’s architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architecture (Other) Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,016 for Southwest Region Architecture students with aid per year to attend University of Arizona.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Arizona Architecture (Other) Report

• Best Value Colleges for Architecture (Other) (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lorenzo Cafaro.

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