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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$15,254 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,561 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 263 degrees and certificates were awarded to architecture and related services students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #29 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Minnesota ranking.

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 school tops our list of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Colleges.

$15,254 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Minnesota - Twin Cities to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a degree in Minnesota. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UMN Twin Cities undergraduate students pay an average of $15,254 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, architecture and related services graduates from UMN Twin Cities carry an average student debtload of $21,782. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $334.

UMN Twin Cities also claimed a spot on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Minnesota list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Architecture & Related Services at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 214
Iowa 136
South Dakota 31
Missouri 181
Nebraska 138
North Dakota 151

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 values are for the top school 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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