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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$26,622 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,148 Avg Salary

Architecture & Related Services is the #29 most popular major in the country with 17,325 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

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.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Architecture/Urban Planning

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Ball State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for architecture and related services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Ball State graduate students pay an average of $26,600 in tuition and fees each year.

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

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at Ball State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Kent State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Kent.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Kent State are $21,952 a year.

Full Architecture & Related Services at Kent State University at Kent Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

UC graduate students pay an average of $26,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 258
Michigan 423
Ohio 663
Illinois 522
Wisconsin 183

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 3 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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