2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology is the 126th most popular major in the country with 6,003 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Illinois, there were 307 architectural and building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 180 architectural and building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in architectural and building sciences/technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in architectural and building sciences/technology.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The architectural and building sciences/technology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in Illinois”.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree architectural and building sciences/technology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology in Illinois

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Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, Illinois

#8 overall quality in Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Illinois Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 76 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at Illinois Tech

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

#3 overall quality in Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in Illinois list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 104 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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