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2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
302 Degrees Awarded
$17,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architecture & Related Services is the 28th most popular major in the country with 17,480 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

Across Illinois, there were 516 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,056 and $40,869 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 302 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in architecture and related services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architecture and related services 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 and related services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students with aid.

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 91 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UIUC is $15,880 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full UIUC Architecture & Related Services Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. UIC is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 69 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students with aid list, UIC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Illinois at Chicago is $13,312 for illinois bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 full report on Architecture & Related Services at University of Illinois at Chicago

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $16,945 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students with aid per year to attend SIUC.

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#4

Judson University

Elgin, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Judson University landed the #4 spot on the list. Judson is located in Elgin, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to qualified students.

Judson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $18,737 for illinois bachelor’s degree architecture & related services students with aid per year to attend Judson University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at Judson

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 65 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Illinois Tech is $22,831 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at Illinois Institute of Technology

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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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