2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Michigan

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In 2020-2021, 4,982 people earned their degree in general architecture, making the major the 127th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,005 and had an average of $26,624 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 77 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,517 and $22,875 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general architecture. That schools that top this list have a program in general architecture in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Michigan”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in Michigan

1

Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cranbrook Academy of Art. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Michigan list. Located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s architecture students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Carnbrook Academy General Architecture Report

2

Ferris State University
Big Rapids, Michigan

#13 overall quality in Michigan

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Big Rapids, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s architecture students in 2020-2021.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 overall quality in Michigan

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s architecture degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Architecture at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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