2025 Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Schools in the Plains States Region
5Colleges in the Plains States Region
532Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in architectural & building sciences/technology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #126 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for architectural & building sciences/technology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 532 degrees in architectural & building sciences/technology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology School
Your choice of architectural & building sciences/technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Rankings by Degree Level
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 Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
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Best Schools for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the architectural and building sciences/technology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
123Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
Any student pursuing a degree in architectural & building sciences/technology has to look into University of Kansas. KU is a very large public university located in the city of Lawrence. This university ranks 1st out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 123 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent year we have data available.
103Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Degrees Awarded
It is difficult to beat Iowa State University if you want to pursue a degree in architectural & building sciences/technology. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #88 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were about 103 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year.
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Every student who is interested in architectural & building sciences/technology has to take a look at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 architectural & building sciences/technology students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
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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Your choice of architectural & building sciences/technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
