2024 Best Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Architecture is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #99 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 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of architecture. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 123 bachelor's degrees in architecture during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to architecture students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of architecture students who choose to seek a bachelor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized architecture related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Architecture in Illinois

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for architecture students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in architecture

1

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

75 Annual Graduates

University of Illinois at Chicago is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in architecture. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in architecture from University of Illinois at Chicago

2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in architecture needs to check out Southern Illinois University Carbondale. SIUC is a large public university located in the city of Carbondale.More information about a bachelor’s in architecture from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Best Architecture Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Architecture Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	58
Ohio	612	265
Indiana	535	110
Wisconsin	435	84

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Rankings in Majors Related to architecture

Architecture is one of 3 different types of General Architecture programs to choose from.

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 Danichou. More about our data sources and methodologies.