Best Value / By Major

Best Value Colleges for Architecture and Related Services, Other

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

5

Schools Ranked

$37,279

Avg. Earnings

13.2 yrs

Best Payback

17

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ · Public	$18,451	$40,605	13.2 yrs
2	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Public	$13,644	$38,289	16.6 yrs
3	The New School New York, NY · Private	$40,659	$42,682	21.2 yrs
4	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi, NY · Public	$17,583	$36,221	57.6 yrs
5	University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA · Public	$14,322	$28,598	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.