2024 Best Architecture Schools
68
Colleges in the United States
4,854
architecture Degrees Awarded
Architecture is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #147 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 68 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of architecture. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,854 degrees in architecture during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Architecture School
Your choice of architecture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for architecture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Architecture Degree Level
The architecture 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 the Best Architecture Schools.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.
Best Schools for Architecture in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of architecture degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
11 Top Schools in architecture
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In CT
Yale University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in architecture. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 architecture students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent year we have data available.
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Any student pursuing a degree in architecture has to check out Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.
There were roughly 28 architecture students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent year we have data available.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In CA
129
architecture Degrees Awarded
Every student who is interested in architecture has to take a look at University of California - Berkeley. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were about 129 architecture students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
4th
Most Popular In PA
Any student who is interested in architecture has to check out University of Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 17 architecture students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #24 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 10 architecture students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent data year.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In IN
52
architecture Degrees Awarded
Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were roughly 52 architecture students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent year we have data available.
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Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 architecture students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent data year.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In TX
108
architecture Degrees Awarded
Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 108 architecture students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
5th
Most Popular In CA
Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 26 architecture students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In MD
111
architecture Degrees Awarded
UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of College Park. This university ranks 2nd out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 111 architecture students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.
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