2023 Best Value Architecture Schools in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architecture Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 202 people earned their degree in architecture (other), making the major the 326th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, architecture (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,351 and had an average of $26,123 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 69 architecture (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,498 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architecture Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in architecture (other). 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Architecture Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region architecture students.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Architecture (Other) in the Southeast Region

1

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$11,304 Average Net Price

$45,053 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Architecture Schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Ruston, Louisiana, and it awarded 31 ’s architecture degrees in 2020-2021.

Louisiana Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architecture (Other) Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $11,304 for Southeast Region Architecture students per year to attend Louisiana Tech University.

Read more about Architecture (Other) at Louisiana Tech

2

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$13,094 Average Net Price

$41,411 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture Schools in the Southeast Region list. University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a fairly large school located in Lafayette, Louisiana that handed out 31 ’s architecture degrees in 2020-2021.

UL Lafayette also made our “Best Architecture (Other) Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for UL Lafayette is $13,094 for southeast region architecture students.

Full UL Lafayette Architecture (Other) Report

• Best Value 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.