2024 Best Architecture Schools in the New England Region
8Colleges in the New England Region
302architecture 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 8 schools in the New England Region 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 302 degrees in architecture during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Architecture Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Architecture in the New England Region
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.
It's difficult to beat Yale University if you want to pursue a degree in architecture. Located in the midsize 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 colleges nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were approximately 25 architecture students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent year we have data available.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in architecture. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,217 schools 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 data year.
Harvard University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in architecture. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were about 21 architecture students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available.
Boston Architectural College is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in architecture. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston Architectural College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were approximately 4 architecture students who graduated with this degree at Boston Architectural College in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 7th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 75 architecture students who graduated with this degree at RWU in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Keene, Keene State is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 5th out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were about 19 architecture students who graduated with this degree at Keene State in the most recent data year.
UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of West Hartford. This university ranks 11th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 20 architecture students who graduated with this degree at UHart in the most recent year we have data available.
Norwich is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Northfield. This university ranks 7th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were roughly 28 architecture students who graduated with this degree at Norwich in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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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.
