2024 Best Architectural History Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in architectural history, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #279 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for architectural history students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 2 master's degrees in architectural history to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on architectural history students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of architectural history students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for architectural history to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized architectural history related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for architectural history students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Architectural History Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Architectural History in the Southwest Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in architectural history.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in Architectural History

1

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

1 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you want to pursue a master's degree in architectural history. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the city of Austin.More information about a master’s in architectural history from The University of Texas at Austin

2

University of Houston
Houston, TX

1 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in architectural history needs to take a look at University of Houston. UH is a fairly large public university located in the city of Houston.More information about a master’s in architectural history from University of Houston

Best Architectural History Colleges by State

Explore the best architectural history schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	235	2

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Architectural History Related Rankings by Major

Architectural History is one of 8 different types of Architecture & Related Services programs to choose from.

Architectural History Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Architectural History & Criticism, General	1
Architectural Studies	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Architectural History

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology	241
General Architecture	149
Urban & Regional Planning	122
Landscape Architecture	42
Real Estate Development	37
Environmental Design	11
Interior Architecture	8

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Adam Jones, Ph.D.. More about our data sources and methodologies.