2023 Best Value General Architecture Doctor's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Architecture Doctor's Degree School for You
General Architecture is the #130 most popular major in the country with 4,982 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 17 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for architecture students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best General Architecture Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus the best value school in the United States for general architecture students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Georgia Tech are $31,334 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Georgia Tech also is in the top 5% of our Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general architecture schools in the United States. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.
UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.
UC Berkeley also claimed a spot on our Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Virginia Tech graduate students pay an average of $31,443 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Virginia Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
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Out of the 17 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.
Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $24,106 in tuition and fees each year.
Texas A&M College Station excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UWM is a very large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.
UWM graduate students pay an average of $25,651 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Pennsylvania ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.
UPenn excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
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Harvard University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general architecture students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Harvard also is in the top 1% of our Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general architecture programs. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MIT are $58,967 a year.
MIT also took the #1 spot in our Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools rankings.
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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general architecture students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.
ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.
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General Architecture Related Majors for Architecture
General Architecture is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Architecture
| 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 17 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).
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