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2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$29,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

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 “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 938 people earned their degree in architectural engineering, making the major the 234th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, architectural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,977 and had an average of $25,140 in loans still to pay off.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architectural engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Architectural Engineering Schools

The architectural engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 3 doctorate’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UNL Architectural Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 6 doctorate’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Architectural Engineering at CU - Boulder

#3

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s architectural engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Drexel University Architectural Engineering Report

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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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