2024 Best General Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

a bachelor's degree in general architecture is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #93 out of 363 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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for general architecture students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 42 bachelor's degrees in general architecture to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general architecture students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general architecture students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for general architecture to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general architecture related body.

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 bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Architecture in Massachusetts

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general architecture.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in Architecture

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

12 Annual Graduates

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor'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 bachelor’s in general architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

Boston Architectural College
Boston, MA

4 Annual Graduates

$56,964 Median Starting Salary

$53,192 Median Student Debt

Boston Architectural College is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in general architecture. Boston Architectural College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Boston.

Those general architecture students who get their bachelor's degree from Boston Architectural College earn $5,064 more than the typical architecture graduate.

More information about a bachelor’s in general architecture from Boston Architectural College

Best General Architecture Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best General Architecture Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	183	19
New Hampshire	157	19
Rhode Island	157	104
Maine	156	5
Vermont	155	31

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Rankings in Majors Related to Architecture

One of 8 majors within the Architecture & Related Services area of study, General Architecture has other similar majors worth exploring.

Architecture Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Architecture	42

Most Popular Majors Related to Architecture

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology	271
Architectural History	30
Interior Architecture	17
Landscape Architecture	17
Urban & Regional Planning	14
Architecture (Other)	9
Environmental Design	1

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Danichou. More about our data sources and methodologies.