by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 12 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for general architecture students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 111 doctor's degrees in general architecture during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of general architecture for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality architecture program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general architecture students working on their doctor's degree.
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 General Architecture Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general architecture.
It is difficult to beat Yale University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general architecture. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of New Haven.More information about a doctorate in general architecture from Yale University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general architecture. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.More information about a doctorate in general architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania is a good choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in general architecture. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in general architecture from University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general architecture. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general architecture from Harvard University
Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general architecture from University of California - Berkeley
Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.More information about a doctorate in general architecture from Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.More information about a doctorate in general architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in general architecture from University of California - Los Angeles
Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a doctorate in general architecture from Columbia University in the City of New York
Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the midsize city of College Station.More information about a doctorate in general architecture from Texas A&M University - College Station
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One of 8 majors within the Architecture & Related Services area of study, General Architecture has other similar majors worth exploring.
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Architecture | 111 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Urban & Regional Planning | 86 |
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 30 |
| Environmental Design | 27 |
| Architectural History | 1 |
