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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Architectural History Major

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In 2021-2022, 129 people earned their degree in architectural history, making the major the 327th most popular in the United States. In , architectural history graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $0 and had an average of $24,943 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 architectural history graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural history. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their architectural history program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree architectural history students.

Top 11 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Architectural History

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Boston Architectural College
Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston Architectural College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major. Boston Architectural College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Architectural History at Boston Architectural College

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Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Harvard University is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 6 masters’s architectural history degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Architectural History at Harvard University

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University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major list. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s architectural history students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read full report on Architectural History at University of Virginia

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major. SCAD is a private not-for-profit institution located in Savannah, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full SCAD Architectural History Report

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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 9 masters’s architectural history degrees in 2021-2022.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%.

Full Columbia Architectural History Report

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With a ranking of #6, University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s architectural history degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Architectural History at UIC

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University of Houston
Houston, Texas

University of Houston landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major ranking. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s architectural history degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Architectural History at University of Houston

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The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major ranking, coming in at #8. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 1 masters’s architectural history degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UT Austin Architectural History Report

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Washington University in St Louis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major ranking. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 2 masters’s architectural history degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full WUSTL Architectural History Report

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Cornell University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major ranking. Cornell University is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 0 masters’s architectural history degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural History at Cornell University

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Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island

Roger Williams University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architectural History Major list. Bristol, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s architectural history degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full RWU Architectural History Report

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