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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$42,138 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,675 Avg Salary

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

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the New England Region to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Colleges.

$22,144 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Boston Architectural College the best value school in the New England Region for architecture and related services students. Boston Architectural College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Boston Architectural College undergraduate students pay an average of $22,144 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that architecture and related services majors at Boston Architectural College take out is $52,750. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $427, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#2

Yale University

New Haven, CT

The excellent programs at Yale University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best architecture and related services schools in the New England Region . Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Yale are $59,950 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Yale also is in the top 10% of our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region ranking.

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Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

MIT undergraduate students pay an average of $55,878 in tuition and fees each year.

MIT did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region list.

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#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Harvard are $55,587 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Harvard also did well on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Roger Williams University is a great value for architecture and related services students. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RWU are $37,355 per year. While working on their degree, architecture and related services majors at RWU accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $652.

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$33,354 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Rhode Island came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a large student population.

URI undergraduate students pay an average of $33,354 in tuition and fees each year. On average, architecture and related services graduates from URI take out $25,619 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$36,964 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for architecture and related services students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMass Amherst are $36,964 a year. While working on their degree, architecture and related services majors at UMass Amherst accumulate an average of around $25,000 in student debt.

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$37,650 Average Tuition & Fees

Wentworth Institute of Technology ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region list. WIT is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WIT are $37,650 per year. While working on their degree, architecture and related services majors at WIT accumulate an average of around $25,000 in student debt. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $438.

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#9

Norwich University

Northfield, VT
$44,020 Average Tuition & Fees

Norwich University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region ranking. Norwich is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Northfield.

Norwich undergraduate students pay an average of $44,020 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, architecture and related services graduates from Norwich carry an average student debtload of $27,000.

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#10

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, RI
$56,290 Average Tuition & Fees

Rhode Island School of Design did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for architecture and related services students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, RISD is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

RISD undergraduate students pay an average of $56,290 in tuition and fees each year.

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Explore the best architecture and related services schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 47
Maine 14
Rhode Island 282
Massachusetts 1,036
Connecticut 126
Vermont 41

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 10 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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