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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$8,449 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,613 Avg Salary

Architecture & Related Services is the #24 most popular major in North Carolina with 170 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in North Carolina 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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Architecture/Urban Planning

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Charlotte the best value school in North Carolina for architecture and related services students. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Charlotte are $7,188 a year.

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The excellent programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best architecture and related services schools in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NC State are $9,131 a year.

NC State also made our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.

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Out of the 3 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

UNC Chapel Hill undergraduate students pay an average of $9,028 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 7
Florida 505
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 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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