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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$29,895 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,821 Avg Salary

With 189 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, architecture and related services is the #24 most popular major in Illinois.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Illinois to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Architecture/Urban Planning

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year.

UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Illinois list.

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$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

Full Architecture & Related Services at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Report

$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great value for architecture and related services students. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIC are $15,603 per year.

Full Architecture & Related Services at University of Illinois at Chicago Report

$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois Tech are $50,375 per year.

Full Architecture & Related Services at Illinois Institute of Technology Report

$50,623 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Illinois list. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago undergraduate students pay an average of $50,623 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Architecture & Related Services at School of the Art Institute of Chicago Report

Explore all the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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 5 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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