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2023 Best Value General Architecture Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$15,422 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,733 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Architecture School for You

General Architecture is the #117 most popular major in Illinois with 61 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Architecture Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for architecture 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.

2023 Best Value General Architecture Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Architecture Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in General Architecture

$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Illinois University Carbondale the best value school in Illinois for general architecture students. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUC are $15,240 per year.

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$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Architecture Schools in Illinois list. UIC is a very large public school located in the city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIC are $15,603 per year.

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Best Value General Architecture Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value General Architecture Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 19
Ohio 73
Indiana 41
Wisconsin 3

One of 8 majors within the area of study, general architecture has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 3,366
Urban & Regional Planning 1,613
Landscape Architecture 285
Real Estate Development 223
Interior Architecture 169

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 Danichou.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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