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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$29,377 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,241 Avg Salary

Architecture & Related Services is the #22 most popular major in the country with 6,944 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. 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 the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for architecture and related services 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.

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

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

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NC State are $29,690 a year.

NC State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#2

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public college with a very large student population.

Clemson graduate students pay an average of $23,246 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Clemson also is in the top 20% of our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value architecture and related services schools in the Southeast Region . Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Virginia Tech is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a great value for architecture and related services students working on their doctor’s degree. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Georgia Tech are $31,334 a year.

Georgia Tech also made our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #4.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.

University of Virginia also made our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #3.

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#6

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

With a ranking of #6, University of Georgia did quite well on this year’s best value schools for architecture and related services students working on their doctor’s degree. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $27,464 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UGA also is in the top 15% of our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,858 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNC Chapel Hill also is in the top 10% of our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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#8

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UF also did well on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#9

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Florida State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tallahassee.

Florida State graduate students pay an average of $26,707 in tuition and fees each year.

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Explore the best architecture and related services schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 7
Florida 505
North Carolina 170
Virginia 167
Tennessee 38
Georgia 214
South Carolina 80
Louisiana 96
West Virginia 6
Kentucky 29
Arkansas 1
Alabama 51

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 9 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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