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2023 Best Value Architectural History Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$33,343 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Architectural History School for You

Architectural History is the #328 most popular major in the country with 147 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Architectural History Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for architectural history students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Architectural History Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the architectural history programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Architectural History

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in the Southwest Region for architectural history students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

UT Austin undergraduate students pay an average of $40,996 in tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our Best Architectural History Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

Full Architectural History at The University of Texas at Austin Report

#2

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architectural History Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UH are $21,891 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Architectural History Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#3

Rice University

Houston, TX

The excellent programs at Rice University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best architectural history schools in the Southwest Region . Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Rice are $52,895 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Rice is ranked #1 for overall quality for architectural history in the Southwest Region .

Full Architectural History at Rice University Report

$25,243 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best architectural history schools in the Southwest Region . UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNM are $25,243 a year.

Read full report on Architectural History at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Best Architectural History Colleges by State

Explore the best architectural history schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 3
New Mexico 17

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One of 8 majors within the area of study, architectural history has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Architectural History

Related Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 6,781
General Architecture 4,982
Urban & Regional Planning 2,419
Landscape Architecture 905
Environmental Design 741

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Adam Jones, Ph.D..

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