You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in sustainable design/architecture. It is ranked #1371 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
There was only one school in the United States to review for the 2024 Best Sustainable Design/Architecture Schools ranking.
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Best Schools for Sustainable Design/Architecture in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of sustainable design/architecture degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).