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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$42,413 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,675 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for architecture and related services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. 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 .

$22,144 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Boston Architectural College to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the large city of Boston, Boston Architectural College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Boston Architectural College are $22,144 per year.

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$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

RWU undergraduate students pay an average of $37,355 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Yale University

New Haven, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Yale are $59,950 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Yale is ranked #5 for overall quality for architecture and related services in the New England Region .

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#4

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT
$44,885 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 11 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hartford landed the # 4 spot on the list. UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of West Hartford.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UHart are $44,885 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MIT are $55,878 a year.

MIT also made our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #1.

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#6

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Harvard are $55,587 a year.

Harvard also made our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #4.

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$33,354 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Rhode Island came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region ranking. URI is a large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

URI undergraduate students pay an average of $33,354 in tuition and fees each year.

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$36,964 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well on this year’s best value schools for architecture and related services students. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Amherst are $36,964 per year.

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#9

Norwich University

Northfield, VT

Norwich University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the town of Northfield, Norwich is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Norwich undergraduate students pay an average of $44,020 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Norwich also did well on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Wentworth Institute of Technology landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value architecture and related services programs. Located in the large city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WIT are $37,650 a year.

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 618
Rhode Island 121
Connecticut 86
Maine 9
Vermont 10

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 11 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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