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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$46,406 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,562 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 883 degrees and certificates were awarded to architecture and related services students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #27 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. 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 Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value 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 following schools top our list of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in Architecture/Urban Planning

#1

Marywood University

Scranton, PA
$37,284 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Marywood University the best value school in Pennsylvania for architecture and related services students. Located in the city of Scranton, Marywood is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Marywood are $37,284 per year. On average, architecture and related services graduates from Marywood take out $29,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA
$17,378 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Pennsylvania list. Temple is a very large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Temple are $17,378 per year. While working on their degree, architecture and related services majors at Temple accumulate an average of around $25,723 in student debt.

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#3

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA
$57,136 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Drexel University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best architecture and related services schools in Pennsylvania. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Drexel are $57,136 per year. Architecture & Related Services majors at Drexel take out an average of $31,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#4

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
$61,710 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best architecture and related services schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UPenn are $61,710 a year.

UPenn also took the #3 spot in our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.

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#5

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA
$58,524 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Carnegie Mellon University is a great value for architecture and related services students. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Mellon undergraduate students pay an average of $58,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, architecture and related services majors at Carnegie Mellon accumulate an average of around $23,250 in student debt.

Carnegie Mellon also made our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #2.

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Explore all the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 260
New York 1,677
Maryland 194
Delaware 9
District of Columbia 132

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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