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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$30,306 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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southeast 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.

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.

Check out the architecture and related services graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Our analysis found Clemson University to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the large suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Clemson graduate students pay an average of $23,246 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Clemson also did well on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

NC State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.

University of Virginia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value architecture and related services schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

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

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#5

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Miami is a great value for architecture and related services students working on their graduate certificate. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Coral Gables.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U Miami are $41,036 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, U Miami also is in the top 20% of our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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Florida International University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $24,211 per year.

Full Architecture & Related Services at Florida International University Report

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
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 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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