If you're seeking a Doctor's Degree in
architecture & related services, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #25 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of architecture & related services. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 36 doctor's degrees in architecture & related services during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of architecture & related services for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality architecture & related services program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
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 college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to architecture & related services students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of architecture & related services students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
- 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 architecture & related services to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized architecture & related services related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for architecture & related services 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 Architecture & Related Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.