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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$26,799 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,868 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. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

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 .

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Architecture/Urban Planning

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found University of Utah to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of U are $28,345 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.

CU Anschutz undergraduate students pay an average of $26,376 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USU are $23,435 per year.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.

MSU Bozeman undergraduate students pay an average of $28,264 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of I are $27,576 a year.

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State Degrees Awarded
Utah 44
Colorado 121
Montana 27
Idaho 36

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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