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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$54,999
Avg Salary
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Architecture & Related Services for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 17,325 people earned their degree in architecture and related services, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. 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 Rhode Island, there were 282 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,481 and $26,310 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architecture and related services programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architecture and related services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Architecture & Related Services for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Architecture & Related Services for a Master’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Architecture & Related Services for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island School of Design landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 62 degrees to qualified masters’s architecture and related services students in 2020-2021.
RISD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list.Our most recent data shows that 16 of the 2,227 students enrolled at RISD were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,999. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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