2023 Most Well Attended Architecture Major for a Doctorate
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Architecture Major for a Doctorate” 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.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 architecture (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular architecture (other) programs in the United States.
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Most Well Attended Architecture Major for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree architecture students.
Top 1 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture (Other)
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Well Attended Architecture Major for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. RPI is located in Troy, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Read more about Architecture (Other) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
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