2023 Best Value General Architecture Master's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Architecture Master'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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Architecture Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 43 schools in the United States to see which master'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.
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 Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in the United States for general architecture students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 per year.
North Dakota State University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,133 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also did well on our Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal Poly Pomona are $18,377 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Austin also is in the top 5% of our Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools ranking.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station 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 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.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas A&M College Station also did well on our Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Louisiana Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general architecture students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Louisiana Tech is a large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.
Louisiana Tech graduate students pay an average of $12,690 in tuition and fees each year.
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Texas Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general architecture students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of California - Berkeley landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general architecture programs. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UC Berkeley is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools list.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general architecture students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.
UNL also claimed a spot on our Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general architecture students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 a 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 25 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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