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Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

24 Colleges
$31,165 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,169 Avg Salary

Architecture & Related Services is the #29 most popular major in the country with 17,325 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

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.

Our 2023 rankings named Kennesaw State University the best value school in the Southeast Region for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Kennesaw, KSU Georgia is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at KSU Georgia are $17,690 per year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value architecture and related services schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Charlotte are $20,622 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC State are $29,916 per year.

NC State also claimed a spot on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Mississippi State.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mississippi State are $24,900 a year.

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#5

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Virginia Tech is a great value for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

Virginia Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $33,857 in tuition and fees each year.

Virginia Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree architecture and related services programs. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Georgia Tech are $33,964 a year.

Georgia Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Louisiana Tech University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree architecture and related services programs. Located in the town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Louisiana Tech are $16,806 per year.

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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida A&M University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Florida A&M University undergraduate students pay an average of $17,725 in tuition and fees each year.

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Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

With a ranking of #9, Florida Atlantic University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at FAU are $17,324 a year.

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Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Auburn University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Auburn is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Auburn.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Auburn are $31,986 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Auburn is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 301
West Virginia 6
Mississippi 128
South Carolina 199
Florida 883
Virginia 406
Arkansas 49
Alabama 196
Kentucky 108
Georgia 386
Tennessee 127
Louisiana 299

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 24 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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