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2023 Best Value General Architecture Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$30,408 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Architecture Graduate Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Architecture Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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.

2023 Best Value General Architecture Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for architecture majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Architecture

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Our analysis found Clemson University to be the best value school for general architecture students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 a year.

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

Read full report on General Architecture at Clemson University

Out of the 9 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $29,690 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NC State also is in the top 10% of our Best General Architecture Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Architecture Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas A&M College Station also did well on our Best General Architecture Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full General Architecture at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Kent State University at Kent is a great value for general architecture students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Kent State are $21,952 a year.

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#5

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Miami helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general architecture schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

U Miami graduate students pay an average of $41,036 in tuition and fees each year.

Full General Architecture at University of Miami Report

Florida International University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate general architecture programs. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $24,211 per year.

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Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate general architecture programs. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 a year.

Columbia also claimed a spot on our Best General Architecture Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full General Architecture at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Architecture Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTSA are $27,560 a year.

Full General Architecture at The University of Texas at San Antonio Report

University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate general architecture programs. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

UNM graduate students pay an average of $20,487 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Architecture at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 9 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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