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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$41,465 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,241 Avg Salary

With 757 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, architecture and related services is the #18 most popular major in New York.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New York to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for architecture and related services 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.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for architecture and related services majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Architecture/Urban Planning

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Our analysis found Cornell University to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in New York. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cornell are $30,006 a year.

Cornell did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list.

Full Architecture & Related Services at Cornell University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

Columbia also claimed a spot on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Explore all the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 369
Maryland 41
New Jersey 85
District of Columbia 71

Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 3,366
Urban & Regional Planning 1,613
General Architecture 1,096
Landscape Architecture 285
Real Estate Development 223
Interior Architecture 169
Environmental Design 114
Architectural History 45
Architecture (Other) 33

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

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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