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2023 Best Value Architectural Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$61,396 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 400 degrees and certificates were awarded to architectural sciences and technology students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #60 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.

The Best Value Architectural Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

Check out the architect science graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the best value school for architectural sciences and technology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC are $61,396 per year.

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Best Value Architectural Sciences & Technology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Architectural Sciences & Technology Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 61
Nevada 15

One of 8 majors within the area of study, architectural sciences and technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Urban & Regional Planning 1,613
General Architecture 1,096
Landscape Architecture 285
Real Estate Development 223
Interior Architecture 169

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 SSR2000.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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