by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Architecture & Related Services is the 29th most popular major in the country with 17,325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, architecture and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,602 and had an average of $25,146 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,119 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,929 and $25,785 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 537 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in architecture and related services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in architecture and related services.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region list. Drury University is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to qualified students.
Full Drury University Architecture & Related Services Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dunwoody College of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture and related services students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate 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.
Full Dunwoody College of Technology Architecture & Related Services Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. North Dakota State University is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 78 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at North Dakota State University - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 101 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 108 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at Iowa State University
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 118 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 UMN Twin Cities
Washington University in St Louis ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region list. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 44 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Architecture & Related Services at Washington University in St Louis
With a ranking of #8, South Dakota State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture and related services students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at South Dakota State University
University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. UMKC is a public institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
University of Kansas came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region ranking. KU is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 16 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Benedictine College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Atchison, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture and related services students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at Benedictine College
Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Missouri State University - Springfield Architecture & Related Services Report
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