2024 Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in architectural sciences & technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #53 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 507 master's degrees in architectural sciences & technology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Architectural Sciences & Technology School for Your Master's Degree

The architect science master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality architect science program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to architectural sciences & technology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other architectural sciences & technology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for architectural sciences & technology 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 sciences & technology related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Architectural Sciences & Technology in the New England Region

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

Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Architect Science

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

42 Annual Graduates

$62,524 Median Starting Salary

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a good choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in architectural sciences & technology. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the architect science program make about $62,524 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in architectural sciences & technology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

Yale University
New Haven, CT

60 Annual Graduates

$65,632 Median Starting Salary

Yale University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in architectural sciences & technology. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Master's recipients from the architectural sciences & technology major at Yale University make $2,842 above the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in architectural sciences & technology from Yale University

3

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

101 Annual Graduates

$60,213 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in architectural sciences & technology has to look into Harvard University. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

Students who graduate with their master's from the architect science program report average early career wages of $60,213.

More information about a master’s in architectural sciences & technology from Harvard University

4

Boston Architectural College
Boston, MA

77 Annual Graduates

Boston Architectural College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in architectural sciences & technology. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston Architectural College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.More information about a master’s in architectural sciences & technology from Boston Architectural College

4

Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI

62 Annual Graduates

Rhode Island School of Design is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in architectural sciences & technology. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.More information about a master’s in architectural sciences & technology from Rhode Island School of Design

5

Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA

56 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a master’s in architectural sciences & technology from Wentworth Institute of Technology

5

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

19 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in architectural sciences & technology from University of Massachusetts Amherst

6

Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI

41 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in architectural sciences & technology from Roger Williams University

7

University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT

UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford.More information about a master’s in architectural sciences & technology from University of Hartford

Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best architectural sciences & technology schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	344
Connecticut	153	60
Rhode Island	127	103

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Architectural Sciences & Technology Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Architecture & Related Services area of study, Architectural Sciences & Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Architect Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology	507

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Urban & Regional Planning	101
General Architecture	62
Real Estate Development	38
Interior Architecture	22
Landscape Architecture	22
Environmental Design	13
Architectural History	12

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 SSR2000. More about our data sources and methodologies.