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2023 Best Value General Architecture Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$60,117 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,839 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Architecture School for You

With 16 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general architecture is the #174 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 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 Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value programs for architecture 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. 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 Pennsylvania

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in General Architecture

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
$61,710 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Pennsylvania to be the best value school for general architecture students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UPenn are $61,710 a year.

UPenn also took the #2 spot in our Best General Architecture Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.

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#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA
$58,524 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Architecture Schools in Pennsylvania list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Mellon undergraduate students pay an average of $58,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Carnegie Mellon is ranked #1 for overall quality for architecture in Pennsylvania.

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Best Value General Architecture Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 22
Maryland 0
New Jersey 14
District of Columbia 46

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.

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