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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$36,326 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,481 Avg Salary

Architecture & Related Services is the #11 most popular major in Rhode Island with 121 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Rhode Island 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Check out the architecture and related services programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Architecture/Urban Planning

$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Rhode Island the best value school in Rhode Island for architecture and related services students. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

URI undergraduate students pay an average of $15,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

URI also took the #5 spot in our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

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$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Rhode Island 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 in-state tuition and fees each year.

RWU also made our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #4.

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$56,290 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Rhode Island School of Design is a great value for architecture and related services students. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at RISD are $56,290 a year.

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 618
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 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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