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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,135 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,241 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 301 degrees and certificates were awarded to architecture and related services students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #34 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value doctor'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 colleges and universities below are the best value schools for architecture and related services majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Architecture/Urban Planning

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in North Carolina. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NC State are $11,703 a year.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

Full Architecture & Related Services at North Carolina State University Report

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $12,566 per year.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #4 spot in our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

Full Architecture & Related Services at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Report

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

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

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 2 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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