2021 Best General Architecture Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California
6Colleges
311Bachelor's Degrees
$38,684Avg Cost*
Finding the Best General Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 311 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, general architecture is the #99 most popular major in California. This means that 8.2% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best General Architecture Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general architecture programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the general architecture program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best General Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students in California
Check out the architecture programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best General Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona tops the 2021 list of our schools in California that are best for non-traditional general architecture students. Cal Poly Pomona is a very large public school located in the suburb of Pomona. Cal Poly Pomona not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in California list.
About 1.0% of Cal Poly Pomona students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 20,284 students take at least one class online at Cal Poly Pomona. There are roughly 5,151 part time students in attendance at Cal Poly Pomona.
Our rankings recognize California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public college with a very large student population. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in California list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 15,682 students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo that take at least one class online. 1,455 of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Berkeley. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population. UC Berkeley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in California list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. About 4,099 of the students at UC Berkeley are attending part time.
Woodbury University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Woodbury is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Burbank. Woodbury also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for General Architecture in California rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. Approximately 402 students take at least one class online at Woodbury. 88 students are part time.
University of San Francisco earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. USFCA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco. As a testament to the quality of education offered at USFCA, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for General Architecture in California ranking.
About 0.5% of USFCA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 5,220 students take at least one class online at USFCA. About 2,299 of the students at USFCA are attending part time.
University of Southern California comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles. USC also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for General Architecture in California rankings.
The student loan default rate at USC is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. There are roughly 6,687 part time students in attendance at USC.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Architecture
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 6 schools only.
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 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).
With 311 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, general architecture is the #99 most popular major in California. This means that 8.2% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
