2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Far Western US region, there were 16 architecture (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 architecture (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architecture (other) programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architecture (other) program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree architecture students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture (Other) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s architecture students in 2019-2020.

USC also made our “Best Architecture (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full USC Architecture (Other) Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture (Other)

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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