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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$21,626 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,148 Avg Salary

With 505 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, architecture and related services is the #15 most popular major in Florida.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Florida 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.

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. 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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for architecture and related services majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Our analysis found University of Florida to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Florida. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

UF graduate students pay an average of $12,737 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UF did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list.

Full Architecture & Related Services at University of Florida Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Florida International University is a great value for architecture and related services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $11,106 per year.

Full Architecture & Related Services at Florida International University Report

#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Miami helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value architecture and related services schools in Florida. Located in the city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

U Miami graduate students pay an average of $41,036 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U Miami also made our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list, coming in at #2.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 7
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 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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