2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Drafting & Architectural CAD/CADD

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 Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD Schools for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architectural Drafting & Architectural CAD/CADD is the 503rd most popular major in the country with 1,249 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 architectural drafting and architectural CAD/CADD graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural drafting and architectural CAD/CADD programs that also have a lower cost than 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 architectural drafting and architectural CAD/CADD program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD Schools for a Master’s.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Drafting & Architectural CAD/CADD

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$27,688 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in San Francisco, California, this medium-sized private for-profit school handed out 28 degrees to qualified masters’s architectural drafting and architectural CAD/CADD students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Drafting & Architectural CAD/CADD Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688.

Read full report on Architectural Drafting & Architectural CAD/CADD at Academy of Art University

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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