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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

28 Colleges
$29,190 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,030 Avg Salary

Architecture & Related Services is the #22 most popular major in the country with 6,944 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 28 schools in the Southeast 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.

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.

Our 2023 rankings named Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus the best value school in the Southeast Region for architecture and related services students. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

Georgia Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $33,964 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Georgia Tech is ranked #2 for overall quality for architecture and related services in the Southeast Region .

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$16,806 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Louisiana Tech University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech are $16,806 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NC State are $29,916 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NC State also is in the top 5% of our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

Full Architecture & Related Services at North Carolina State University Report

#4

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS
$24,900 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State is a very large public school located in the town of Mississippi State.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mississippi State are $24,900 per year.

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#5

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV
$25,824 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Southeast Region list. WVU is a very large public school located in the small city of Morgantown.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WVU are $25,824 a year.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value architecture and related services programs. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNC Charlotte are $20,622 a year.

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#7

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Clemson University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Clemson undergraduate students pay an average of $38,550 in tuition and fees each year.

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

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#8

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Virginia Tech are $33,857 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Virginia Tech is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#9

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Georgia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for architecture and related services students. It came in at #9 on the list. UGA is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.

UGA undergraduate students pay an average of $31,108 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UGA also did well on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#10

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

With a ranking of #10, Auburn University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for architecture and related services students. Auburn is a very large public school located in the small city of Auburn.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Auburn are $31,986 a year.

Auburn excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Explore the best architecture and related services schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 7
Florida 505
North Carolina 170
Virginia 167
Tennessee 38
Georgia 214
South Carolina 80
Louisiana 96
West Virginia 6
Kentucky 29
Arkansas 1
Alabama 51

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 25 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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