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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$28,650 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,169 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 1,036 degrees and certificates were awarded to architecture and related services students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #22 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Massachusetts 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. 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.

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

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

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

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts Amherst to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is a very 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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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 Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston Architectural College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Boston Architectural College are $22,144 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great value for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MIT are $55,878 per year.

MIT not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#4

Westfield State University

Westfield, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westfield State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Westfield is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Westfield.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Westfield are $11,139 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WIT are $37,650 per year.

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 47
Maine 14
Rhode Island 282
Connecticut 126
Vermont 41

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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