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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$25,007 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,148 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. 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.

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 the Plains States Region ranking.

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.

Check out the architecture and related services graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Our analysis found University of Kansas to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . KU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lawrence.

KU graduate students pay an average of $25,007 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Architecture & Related Services at University of Kansas Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 196
Missouri 84
Minnesota 102
Iowa 28
North Dakota 73
Nebraska 37
South Dakota 13

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 values are for the top school 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.

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