Architecture Programs

Architecture is offered at 178 institutions across the United States. Bachelor graduates earn a median salary ranging from $45,710 to $82,983, with the highest-earning program at University of Notre Dame ($82,983). The most common degree level is Bachelor (130), followed by Master (115) and Doctoral (27).

Bachelor (130) · Master (115) · Doctoral (27) · First Professional (7) · Associate (21) · Post-bachelor's Certificate (1) · Graduate Certificate (19) · Undergraduate Certificate (3)

Bachelor (130)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Texas Tech University TX $63,871 142
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ $60,297 141
University of Maryland-College Park MD $68,527 132
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA $76,969 120
University of Houston TX $70,616 108
University of California-Berkeley CA $76,679 106
Texas A&M University-College Station TX $64,643 103
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN $62,246 103
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI $62,803 99
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX $57,778 97
The University of Texas at Arlington TX $62,345 96
Kent State University at Kent OH $59,299 94
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA $69,515 91
University of Florida FL $67,399 88
University of Illinois Chicago IL $56,975 86
University of Arkansas AR $67,955 84
University at Buffalo NY $61,525 75
Clemson University SC $63,892 74
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA $70,213 72
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN $68,765 72
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH $65,449 71
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI $65,015 68
Auburn University AL $72,420 60
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY $75,551 56
Ball State University IN Not reported 56
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
North Dakota State University-Main Campus ND $65,148 55
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM $48,424 55
University of Notre Dame IN $82,983 54
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA $71,292 52
Marywood University PA $67,178 50
Mississippi State University MS $69,699 49
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC $67,204 49
The University of Texas at Austin TX $76,808 47
Prairie View A & M University TX $62,540 44
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA $76,181 43
Drexel University PA $72,915 43
The Catholic University of America DC $69,838 43
University of Central Florida FL $64,826 43
Keene State College NH $61,304 34
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV $72,468 32
Portland State University OR $62,349 30
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY Not reported 30
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico PR Not reported 30
Drury University MO $70,134 29
Howard University DC Not reported 29
Morgan State University MD $59,586 28
Kean University NJ Not reported 27
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC $76,695 25
Judson University IL $63,846 24
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK $70,383 23
University of San Francisco CA Not reported 23
Tulane University of Louisiana LA Not reported 21
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce PR $45,710 20
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL $63,104 18
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 18
Rice University TX Not reported 18
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred NY $64,658 17
California State University-Fresno CA Not reported 17
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 17
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported 17
Boston Architectural College MA $82,268 16
Washington University in St Louis MO Not reported 16
Lehigh University PA Not reported 16
Brown University RI Not reported 16
Norwich University VT $58,534 14
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 14
University of Southern California CA Not reported 14
Yale University CT Not reported 13
Middlebury College VT Not reported 12
University of the District of Columbia DC Not reported 12
Carnegie Mellon University PA $73,439 11
Barnard College NY Not reported 11
Utah Valley University UT Not reported 11
University of Kentucky KY $62,383 10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Not reported 10
Benedictine College KS Not reported 9
University of Maine at Augusta ME Not reported 9
Tufts University MA Not reported 8
Wellesley College MA Not reported 8
Ithaca College NY Not reported 8
Connecticut College CT Not reported 7
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL $69,874 6
Princeton University NJ Not reported 6
Northeastern University MA $74,540 4
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 2
Bennington College VT Not reported 2
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE $62,700 1
Pratt Institute-Main NY $78,206 Not reported
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA $76,613 0
University of Miami FL $75,633 Not reported
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA $75,074 0
University of Arizona AZ $74,972 Not reported
Newschool of Architecture and Design CA $74,587 Not reported
Kennesaw State University GA $70,752 Not reported
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK $70,123 Not reported
Iowa State University IA $69,310 0
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA $69,029 Not reported
Illinois Institute of Technology IL $68,358 0
University of Utah UT $67,987 Not reported
Woodbury University CA $67,517 Not reported
University of Oregon OR $67,425 Not reported
Wentworth Institute of Technology MA $67,122 0
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ $66,840 0
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH $66,131 0
Roger Williams University RI $65,092 0
Florida Atlantic University FL $64,730 Not reported
South Dakota State University SD $63,978 Not reported
University of Detroit Mercy MI $62,939 Not reported
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO $62,619 Not reported
University of Idaho ID $62,557 Not reported
Miami University-Oxford OH $61,466 0
Samford University AL Not reported 0
Academy of Art University CA Not reported Not reported
California Baptist University CA Not reported Not reported
California College of the Arts CA Not reported Not reported
Kansas State University KS Not reported Not reported
Hampshire College MA Not reported 0
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA Not reported Not reported
Smith College MA Not reported Not reported
Dunwoody College of Technology MN Not reported Not reported
Cornell University NY Not reported 0
New York Institute of Technology NY Not reported Not reported
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi NY Not reported 0
Thomas Jefferson University PA Not reported 0
Rhode Island School of Design RI Not reported Not reported
Belmont University TN Not reported 0
Washington State University WA Not reported Not reported
Pennsylvania College of Technology PA Not reported 0
Southern California Institute of Architecture CA Not reported Not reported
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported Not reported

Master (115)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Kent State University at Kent OH $71,894 96
Boston Architectural College MA $83,817 93
University of Florida FL $88,820 68
North Dakota State University-Main Campus ND $66,004 50
University of South Florida FL $70,924 48
Texas A&M University-College Station TX $78,997 45
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL $78,062 42
Texas Tech University TX $74,979 38
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras PR $44,338 29
University of Notre Dame IN $82,270 22
Prairie View A & M University TX $65,641 21
Portland State University OR $71,002 19
Hampton University VA $64,180 19
Louisiana Tech University LA Not reported 19
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN Not reported 18
The Catholic University of America DC Not reported 18
Howard University DC Not reported 17
Princeton University NJ Not reported 16
University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA $62,384 15
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Not reported 14
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA Not reported 13
University of Illinois Chicago IL $67,711 12
Norwich University VT $71,564 10
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 10
Rice University TX Not reported 7
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Judson University IL $68,365 5
University of California-Berkeley CA Not reported 5
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 4
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico PR Not reported 4
Yale University CT Not reported 4
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY Not reported 3
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA $77,526 2
Cranbrook Academy of Art MI Not reported 2
Ferris State University MI Not reported 2
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 2
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus PR Not reported 2
University of the District of Columbia DC Not reported 2
The University of Texas at Austin TX $79,350 1
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI $70,937 1
University of Kentucky KY $69,700 1
University at Buffalo NY $66,761 1
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA Not reported 1
Washington University in St Louis MO Not reported 1
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE Not reported 1
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK Not reported 1
Woodbury University CA Not reported 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA $84,023 0
University of Utah UT $83,978 Not reported
Cornell University NY $83,284 0
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH $82,952 0
California Baptist University CA $81,768 Not reported
University of Houston TX $80,510 Not reported
University of California-Los Angeles CA $78,757 0
Southern California Institute of Architecture CA $78,626 Not reported
University of Maryland-College Park MD $78,226 0
Clemson University SC $76,905 0
University of Hartford CT $76,853 Not reported
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH $76,450 0
Roger Williams University RI $75,242 0
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO $74,820 Not reported
School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL $74,629 Not reported
The University of Texas at Arlington TX $74,622 Not reported
Wentworth Institute of Technology MA $74,049 0
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL $73,496 0
Tulane University of Louisiana LA $72,973 0
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN $72,487 0
Montana State University MT $71,784 Not reported
University of Oregon OR $71,724 Not reported
University of Kansas KS $71,293 0
University of Detroit Mercy MI $71,282 Not reported
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC $70,585 Not reported
Florida International University FL $68,932 Not reported
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC $68,840 Not reported
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX $66,397 Not reported
University of Idaho ID $63,941 0
Auburn University AL Not reported 0
University of Arizona AZ Not reported Not reported
The School of Architecture AZ Not reported Not reported
University of Arkansas AR Not reported Not reported
California College of the Arts CA Not reported Not reported
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA Not reported 0
Iowa State University IA Not reported 0
Kansas State University KS Not reported Not reported
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA Not reported Not reported
Morgan State University MD Not reported Not reported
Harvard University MA Not reported 0
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA Not reported Not reported
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA Not reported 0
Andrews University MI Not reported Not reported
Mississippi State University MS Not reported 0
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported 0
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ Not reported 0
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM Not reported 0
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 0
CUNY City College NY Not reported Not reported
The New School NY Not reported Not reported
Rochester Institute of Technology NY Not reported Not reported
Miami University-Oxford OH Not reported 0
Carnegie Mellon University PA Not reported 0
Marywood University PA Not reported 0
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 0
Thomas Jefferson University PA Not reported 0
Rhode Island School of Design RI Not reported Not reported
South Dakota State University SD Not reported Not reported
University of Memphis TN Not reported Not reported
Newschool of Architecture and Design CA Not reported Not reported
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported Not reported
Washington State University WA Not reported Not reported
Fairmont State University WV Not reported 0
University of Southern California CA Not reported Not reported
University of Miami FL Not reported Not reported
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA Not reported Not reported
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported Not reported
Illinois Institute of Technology IL Not reported 0
Ball State University IN Not reported 0

Doctoral (27)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Harvard University MA Not reported 14
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Not reported 7
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 6
Princeton University NJ Not reported 5
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 5
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA Not reported 5
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported 4
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 4
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 3
University of California-Berkeley CA Not reported 2
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA Not reported 2
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 1
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH Not reported 1
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI Not reported 1
University of Kansas KS Not reported 0
Mississippi State University MS Not reported Not reported
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported Not reported
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY Not reported 0
University of Oregon OR Not reported Not reported
Carnegie Mellon University PA Not reported 0
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported Not reported
Yale University CT Not reported 0
University of Florida FL Not reported 0
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI Not reported Not reported
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported Not reported
Illinois Institute of Technology IL Not reported 0

First Professional (7)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
The Catholic University of America DC $78,902 Not reported
Northeastern University MA $77,290 Not reported
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE $69,607 Not reported
CUNY City College NY Not reported Not reported
University of California-Berkeley CA Not reported Not reported
Newschool of Architecture and Design CA Not reported Not reported
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI Not reported 0

Associate (21)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
El Paso Community College TX $36,438 45
Texas Southmost College TX Not reported 14
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College MS Not reported 13
Brookdale Community College NJ Not reported 11
Abilene Christian University TX Not reported 6
Holmes Community College MS Not reported 5
Dallas College TX Not reported 4
Itawamba Community College MS Not reported 3
Austin Community College District TX Not reported 3
East Mississippi Community College MS Not reported 2
Mississippi Delta Community College MS Not reported 2
Andrews University MI Not reported 0
Copiah-Lincoln Community College MS Not reported 0
Harrisburg Area Community College PA Not reported Not reported
Pasadena City College CA Not reported Not reported
Blinn College District TX Not reported 0
Del Mar College TX Not reported Not reported
Laredo College TX Not reported Not reported
Lee College TX Not reported 0
San Antonio College TX Not reported 0
Shoreline Community College WA Not reported Not reported

Post-bachelor's Certificate (1)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC Not reported Not reported

Graduate Certificate (19)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC Not reported 30
University of Florida FL Not reported 19
Texas Tech University TX Not reported 13
Clemson University SC Not reported 10
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX Not reported 7
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 6
Ball State University IN Not reported 4
University of Miami FL Not reported 2
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 1
Kent State University at Kent OH Not reported 1
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 1
Florida International University FL Not reported 1
The School of Architecture AZ Not reported Not reported
University of Kansas KS Not reported 0
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM Not reported 0
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK Not reported 0
Temple University PA Not reported 0
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 0
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 0

Undergraduate Certificate (3)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Texas Tech University TX Not reported 3
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana NM Not reported 0
San Diego Mesa College CA Not reported Not reported