2024 Best Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for architecture students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 83 bachelor's degrees in architecture during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on architecture students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other architecture students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized architecture related body.

Our complete 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.

More Ways to Rank Architecture Schools

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 North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Architecture in North Carolina

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

Top North Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in architecture

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

North Carolina State University is a great decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in architecture. NC State is a very large public university located in the large city of Raleigh.More information about a bachelor’s in architecture from North Carolina State University

2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

57 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in architecture needs to check out University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in architecture from University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Best Architecture Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Architecture Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	227
Tennessee	460	54
Georgia	453	40
Virginia	421	63
South Carolina	370	82
Kentucky	331	0
Alabama	320	61
Louisiana	306	48
Arkansas	294	38
Mississippi	275	46

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Architecture Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the General Architecture area of study, Architecture has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.