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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$55,569 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,241 Avg Salary

With 618 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, architecture and related services is the #16 most popular major in Massachusetts.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

The Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Doctor's Degree Colleges.

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

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Massachusetts. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MIT are $58,967 per year.

MIT did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.

Harvard also took the #2 spot in our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts rankings.

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at Harvard University

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State Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island 121
Connecticut 86
Maine 9
Vermont 10

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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