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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$46,823 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,481 Avg Salary

Architecture & Related Services is the #20 most popular major in Rhode Island with 282 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

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 Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island 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. 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 Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Architecture/Urban Planning

$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Roger Williams University to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RWU are $37,355 per year. The average amount in student loans that architecture and related services majors at RWU take out is $27,000. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $652.

RWU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Rhode Island list.

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at Roger Williams University

$56,290 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island School of Design. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Rhode Island list. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at RISD are $56,290 a year.

Full Architecture & Related Services at Rhode Island School of Design Report

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State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 47
Maine 14
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 2 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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