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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$46,406 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,169 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 883 degrees and certificates were awarded to architecture and related services students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #27 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

The Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for architecture and related services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Architecture/Urban Planning

#1

Marywood University

Scranton, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Marywood University the best value school in Pennsylvania for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Scranton, Marywood is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Marywood undergraduate students pay an average of $37,284 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Temple are $17,378 a year.

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#3

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Drexel are $57,136 per year.

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#4

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

UPenn undergraduate students pay an average of $61,710 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UPenn not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

Full Architecture & Related Services at University of Pennsylvania Report

#5

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Mellon undergraduate students pay an average of $58,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Carnegie Mellon also made our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #1.

Full Architecture & Related Services at Carnegie Mellon University Report

Explore all the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 260
New York 1,677
Maryland 194
Delaware 9
District of Columbia 132

Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 6,781
General Architecture 4,982
Urban & Regional Planning 2,419
Landscape Architecture 905
Environmental Design 741
Interior Architecture 728
Real Estate Development 420
Architecture (Other) 202
Architectural History 147

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Lorenzo Cafaro.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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