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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$26,622 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,148 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, architecture and related services was ranked #22 in the country. In fact 6,944 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for architecture and related services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Architecture/Urban Planning

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Our analysis found Ball State University to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Ball State is a very large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

Ball State graduate students pay an average of $26,600 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ball State also is in the top 10% of our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Kent State graduate students pay an average of $21,952 in tuition and fees each year.

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

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value architecture and related services schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

UC graduate students pay an average of $26,644 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 189
Indiana 61
Ohio 194
Wisconsin 63
Michigan 253

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 3 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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