2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture in District of Columbia

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Architecture is the 147th most popular major in the country with 4,854 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across District of Columbia, there were 107 architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended architecture Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in architecture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular architecture programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended architecture Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended architecture Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture in District of Columbia

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Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended architecture Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. Catholic University of America is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 masters’s architecture degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

#8 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the District of Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended architecture Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s architecture students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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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