2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 District of Columbia, there were 134 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,900 and $38,795 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 69 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architecture and related services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in District of Columbia

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$41,289 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia list. Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $41,289 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students per year to attend Howard University.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at Howard University

#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$34,230 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 46 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

CUA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Catholic University of America is $34,230 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Architecture & Related Services students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lorenzo Cafaro.

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