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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$43,997 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,280 Avg Salary

With 757 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, architecture and related services is the #18 most popular major in New York.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 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 New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in New York 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. 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.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Colleges.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality in Architecture/Urban Planning

$7,340 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The City College of New York the best value school in New York for architecture and related services students. CCNY is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCNY are $7,340 per year.

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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY
$61,015 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cornell are $61,015 a year.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in New York rankings.

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#3

New York University

New York, NY
$56,500 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NYU are $56,500 per year.

NYU also claimed a spot on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY
$10,782 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in New York list. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University at Buffalo are $10,782 a year.

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$62,466 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in New York list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Columbia are $62,466 a year.

Columbia also took the #4 spot in our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in New York rankings.

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#6

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, NY
$55,590 Average Tuition & Fees

Pratt Institute - Main came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in New York ranking. Pratt Institute is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Brooklyn.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pratt Institute are $55,590 per year.

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$58,526 Average Tuition & Fees

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in New York list. RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at RPI are $58,526 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, RPI also is in the top 10% of our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in New York ranking.

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$39,760 Average Tuition & Fees

New York Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for architecture and related services students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Old Westbury, NYIT is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NYIT are $39,760 per year.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 369
Maryland 41
New Jersey 85
District of Columbia 71

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 8 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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