2023 Best Value General Architecture Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in General Architecture
Our 2023 rankings named University at Buffalo the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for general architecture students working on their master’s degree. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.
University at Buffalo graduate students pay an average of $26,178 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general architecture schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at RPI are $60,026 a year.
RPI excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Catholic University of America helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general architecture schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CUA are $51,630 per year.
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Request InformationBest General Architecture Colleges by State
Explore the best general architecture colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 154 |
| New York | 212 |
| Maryland | 141 |
| New Jersey | 70 |
| District of Columbia | 107 |
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Majors Related to Architecture
One of 8 majors within the area of study, general architecture has other similar majors worth exploring.
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 3 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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