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2023 Best Value General Architecture Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$37,512 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,743 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Architecture School for You

General Architecture is the #158 most popular major in Massachusetts with 82 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Architecture Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Massachusetts to see which 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Architecture Schools in Massachusetts

Check out the architecture programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in General Architecture

$16,439 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts Amherst to be the best value school for general architecture students who want to pursue a degree in Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

UMass Amherst undergraduate students pay an average of $16,439 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$22,144 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston Architectural College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Architecture Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston Architectural College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Boston Architectural College undergraduate students pay an average of $22,144 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, architecture graduates from Boston Architectural College take out $52,750 in student loans while working on their degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $427.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA
$55,587 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general architecture schools in Massachusetts. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Harvard are $55,587 per year.

Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best General Architecture Schools in Massachusetts list.

Full General Architecture at Harvard University Report

$55,878 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great value for general architecture students. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

MIT undergraduate students pay an average of $55,878 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

MIT also made our Best General Architecture Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on General Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Best Value General Architecture Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value General Architecture Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 45
New Hampshire 19
Maine 5
Rhode Island 113
Vermont 41

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 4 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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