Architecture & Related Servicesbachelor's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #27 out of the 38 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
College Factual reviewed 97 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of architecture & related services. Combined, these schools handed out 9,631 bachelor's degrees in architecture & related services to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Architecture & Related Services School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of architecture & related services for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
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
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on architecture & related services students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of architecture & related services students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt architecture & related services students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
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 colleges for architecture & related services students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Architecture & Related Services in the United States
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in architecture & related services. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
19 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Architecture & Related Services
Rest of the Top Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Schools
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional great schools for Architecture & Related Services students that almost earned our Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor's Degree 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).