2025 Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Schools
66Colleges in the United States
6,685Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #126 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 66 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 6,685 degrees in architectural & building sciences/technology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology School
The architectural and building sciences/technology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for architectural & building sciences/technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Degree Level
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Best Schools for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the architectural and building sciences/technology degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
13 Top Schools in Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
91Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
It's difficult to beat University of California - Berkeley if you wish to pursue a degree in architectural & building sciences/technology. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were approximately 91 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
142Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
University of Southern California is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in architectural & building sciences/technology. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 142 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
81Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in architectural & building sciences/technology. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 81 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent data year.
386Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in architectural & building sciences/technology. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were about 386 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
135Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were roughly 135 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
146Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 146 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
45Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin. This university ranks 2nd out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 45 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
50Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were about 50 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.
115Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 115 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
102Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
UMass Amherst is a fairly large public university located in the city of Amherst. This university ranks 10th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 102 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year.
123Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 123 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year.
149Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 149 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent year we have data available.
52Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were about 52 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent data year.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Schools award.
Rankings in Majors Related to Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
One of 2 majors within the Architectural Sciences & Technology area of study, Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).
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The architectural and building sciences/technology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for architectural & building sciences/technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
