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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$17,319 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,148 Avg Salary

With 141 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, architecture and related services is the #17 most popular major in Oregon.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Oregon 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.

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Architecture/Urban Planning

#1

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

Our 2023 rankings named University of Oregon the best value school in Oregon for architecture and related services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Eugene, UO is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UO are $18,120 a year.

UO not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon list.

Full Architecture & Related Services at University of Oregon Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Portland State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value architecture and related services schools in Oregon. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a very large student population.

Portland State University graduate students pay an average of $16,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at Portland State University

Explore all the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 823
Washington 122
Nevada 15
Hawaii 35

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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