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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$28,726 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,169 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, architecture and related services was ranked #29 in the country. In fact 17,325 degrees and certificates were handed out 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 Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for architecture and related services 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.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for architecture and related services majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Architecture/Urban Planning

Our 2023 rankings named Utah State University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. USU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USU are $23,435 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU Anschutz are $26,376 per year.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of U are $28,345 a year.

U of U also claimed a spot on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Boulder is a great value for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU - Boulder are $38,358 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CU - Boulder also did well on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Idaho is a great value for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a fairly large student population.

U of I undergraduate students pay an average of $27,576 in tuition and fees each year.

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Montana State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree architecture and related services programs. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Bozeman are $28,264 per year.

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Explore the best architecture and related services colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 435
Utah 114
Montana 76
Idaho 104

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 6 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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