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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

26 Colleges
$30,988 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,148 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 17,325 people earned a degree or certificate in architecture and related services, making the major the #29 most popular in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 26 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate.

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UT Austin is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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#2

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Clemson also did well on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $29,690 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NC State also is in the top 10% of our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value architecture and related services schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for architecture and related services students working on their graduate certificate. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas A&M College Station also is in the top 5% of our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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#6

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

With a ranking of #6, University of Kansas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for architecture and related services students working on their graduate certificate. KU is a very large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at KU are $25,007 per year.

KU also claimed a spot on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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University of California - Davis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Davis are $28,710 a year.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, University of Virginia also is in the top 5% of our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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Roger Williams University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at RWU are $18,406 a year.

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With a ranking of #10, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for architecture and related services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $24,005 in tuition and fees each year.

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 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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