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2023 Best Value General Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$24,107 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,779 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Architecture Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 335 degrees and certificates were awarded to general architecture students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #154 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value General Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for architecture 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 General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for architecture majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Architecture

Our analysis found California State Polytechnic University - Pomona to be the best value school for general architecture students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in California. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cal Poly Pomona are $7,439 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UC Berkeley are $14,226 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, architecture majors at UC Berkeley accumulate an average of around $15,135 in student debt.

UC Berkeley also claimed a spot on our Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCLA are $13,258 a year. Architecture majors at UCLA take out an average of $15,586 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

UCLA also claimed a spot on our Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USC are $61,503 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USC also did well on our Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Value General Architecture Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value General Architecture Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 46
Oregon 164
Nevada 35
Hawaii 16

General Architecture is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 6,781
Urban & Regional Planning 2,419
Landscape Architecture 905
Environmental Design 741
Interior Architecture 728

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 Danichou.

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