Massachusetts contains eleven schools that offer architecture design programs. Harvard University, the highest-ranking architecture design school in MA, has a total student population of 27,651 and is the highest ranked school in America.
Of the 11 architecture design schools in Massachusetts, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Northeastern University comes out as the most expensive ($32,703/yr), with Massasoit Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,610/yr.
Architecture Design students from Massachusetts schools who go on to become architecture designers, interior architects, architectural engineers, architectural project managers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,412,730 people working as architecture and engineering employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $73,590. Also, Landscape architects make on average $65,910 per year and there are about 18,940 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Massachusetts alone, there are 870 employed landscape architects earning an average yearly salary of $76,770. Architecture and engineering employees in this state earn $80,470/yr and there are 74,270 employed.
Also, within the architecture design schools in Massachusetts, the average student population is 2,580 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from architecture design, there are 5364 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,075 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,628, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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