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Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$24,962 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,907 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, architecture and related services was ranked #29 in the country. In fact 17,325 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Architecture/Urban Planning

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for architecture and related services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

U of U graduate students pay an average of $25,705 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for architecture and related services students working on their master’s degree. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 a year.

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#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

Out of the 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a fairly large student population.

U of I graduate students pay an average of $29,148 in tuition and fees each year.

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State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 435
Utah 114
Montana 76
Idaho 104

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 5 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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