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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in Virginia (With Aid)

3 Ranked Colleges
170 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master's in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

Across Virginia, there were 399 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 170 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Charlottesville, Virginia. It awarded 70 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 84 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Hampton University

Hampton, Virginia

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampton University landed the #3 spot on the list. Hampton is a small school located in Hampton, Virginia that handed out 16 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

Hampton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Hampton are $13,134.

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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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