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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services (Income $75-$110k)

5 Ranked Colleges
613 Degrees Awarded
$22,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 17,480 people earned their degree in architecture and related services, making the major the 28th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, architecture and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,294 and had an average of $39,729 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 613 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architecture and related services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architecture and related services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architecture and related services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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 & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree architecture & related services students whose families make $75-$110k.

#1

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Lancaster, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k. This small school is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 20 associates’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is $14,752 for Associate Degree Architecture & Related Services students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ranken Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k list. Ranken Technical College is a small school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 4 associates’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree architecture & related services students whose families make $75-$110k list, Ranken Technical College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,260 for Associate Degree Architecture & Related Services students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Ranken Technical College.

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#3

Dunwoody College of Technology

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dunwoody College of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k. Dunwoody College of Technology is a small school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 21 associates’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dunwoody College of Technology, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $25,428 for Associate Degree Architecture & Related Services students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Dunwoody College of Technology.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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#4

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Old Westbury, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

NYIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for NYIT is $23,838 for associate degree architecture & related services students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#5

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Pennsylvania College of Technology is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 associates’s architecture and related services degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Penn College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $28,679 for associate degree architecture & related services students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Penn College.

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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.

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