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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

26 Colleges
$30,988 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,148 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 6,944 people earned a degree or certificate in architecture and related services, making the major the #22 most popular in the United States.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

UT Austin also claimed a spot on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Out of the 26 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

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 15% of our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $29,690 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NC State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $24,106 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station also claimed a spot on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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#6

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

With a ranking of #6, University of Kansas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for architecture and related services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at KU are $25,007 per year.

KU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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University of California - Davis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

UC Davis graduate students pay an average of $28,710 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate architecture and related services programs. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 a year.

University of Virginia also claimed a spot on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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Roger Williams University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for architecture and related services students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

RWU graduate students pay an average of $18,406 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #10, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for architecture and related services students working on their graduate certificate. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Arlington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 a year.

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 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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