A degree in general architecture is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #127 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 57 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general architecture. Combined, these schools handed out 4,814 degrees in general architecture to qualified students.
Your choice of general 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 general architecture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for General 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 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Columbia University in the City of New York is a good decision for students interested in a degree in general architecture. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 18 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in general architecture has to take a look at University of California - Berkeley. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were about 128 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the architecture program make an average of $50,917 in their early career salary.
Texas A&M University - College Station is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general architecture. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the midsize city of College Station. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 126 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the architecture program make about $49,395 in the first couple years of their career.
University of Notre Dame is a good decision for students interested in a degree in general architecture. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Notre Dame. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were roughly 36 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the general architecture major at University of Notre Dame make $12,617 above the average graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. This school ranks 6th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 62 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general architecture program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute earn $3,994 more than the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 126 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available. Those general architecture students who get their degree from University of Maryland - College Park receive $2,210 more than the typical architecture student.
UF is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville. This university ranks 1st out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 162 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the architecture program report average early career wages of $51,723.
Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 7 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 52 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, architecture degree recipients usually earn about $38,998 in their early careers.
UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 70 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year. General Architecture degree recipients from University of Washington - Seattle Campus get an earnings boost of approximately $6,486 over the average earnings of general architecture graduates.
Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Architecture Schools award.
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 general 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 general architecture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
