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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$37,540 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,653 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 1,036 degrees and certificates were awarded to architecture and related services students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #22 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Massachusetts 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. 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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Colleges.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Architecture/Urban Planning

$16,439 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts Amherst to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a degree in Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMass Amherst are $16,439 a year. The average amount in student loans that architecture and related services majors at UMass Amherst take out is $25,000.

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$22,144 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Boston Architectural College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best architecture and related services schools in Massachusetts. Located in the city of Boston, Boston Architectural College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Boston Architectural College are $22,144 per year. Architecture & Related Services majors at Boston Architectural College take out an average of $52,750 in student loans while working on their egree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $427.

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$55,878 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great value for architecture and related services students. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MIT are $55,878 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, MIT is ranked #1 for overall quality for architecture and related services in Massachusetts.

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#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA
$55,587 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Massachusetts list. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

Harvard undergraduate students pay an average of $55,587 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Harvard also made our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #3.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

WIT undergraduate students pay an average of $37,650 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that architecture and related services majors at WIT take out is $25,000. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $438, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 47
Maine 14
Rhode Island 282
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 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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