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Best Value General Architecture Doctor's Degree Schools in California

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,598 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,134 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Architecture Doctor'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Architecture Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which doctor'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.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Architecture

Our analysis found University of California - Berkeley to be the best value school for general architecture students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,160 per year.

UC Berkeley also made our Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list, coming in at #3.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great value for general architecture students working on their doctor’s degree. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

UCLA graduate students pay an average of $13,036 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCLA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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Best Value General Architecture Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value General Architecture Schools 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 2 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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