2025 Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Schools
69Colleges in the United States
7,632Architect Science Degrees Awarded
$55,151Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in architectural sciences & technology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #107 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 69 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 7,632 degrees in architectural sciences & technology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Architectural Sciences & Technology School
The architect science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Architectural Sciences & Technology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for architectural 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.
Architectural Sciences & Technology Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Architectural 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 architect science 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.
University of California - Berkeley is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in architectural sciences & technology. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 91 architectural sciences & technology students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year. Those architectural sciences & technology students who get their degree from University of California - Berkeley receive $8,807 more than the average architect science graduate.
University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in architectural sciences & technology. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly 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 sciences & technology students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the architect science program state that they receive average early career earnings of $50,590.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a great decision for students interested in a degree in architectural sciences & technology. Georgia Tech is a fairly 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 roughly 81 architectural sciences & technology students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent data year. Architectural Sciences & Technology degree recipients from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus get an earnings boost of about $12,712 over the average income of architectural sciences & technology majors.
Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in architectural sciences & technology. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 386 architectural sciences & technology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year. Those architectural sciences & technology students who get their degree from Columbia University in the City of New York earn $3,429 more than the average architect science student.
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 about 135 architectural sciences & technology students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the architectural sciences & technology major at University of Washington - Seattle Campus make $25,615 more than the typical graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 146 architectural sciences & technology students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the architect science program earn around $51,776 in their early career salary.
UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin. This university ranks 2nd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 45 architectural sciences & technology students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
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 approximately 50 architectural sciences & technology students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 115 architectural sciences & technology students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the architect science program earn an average of $56,856 in their early career salary.
UMass Amherst is a very large public university located in the small city of Amherst. This university ranks 10th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 102 architectural sciences & technology students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent year we have data available. Architectural Sciences & Technology degree recipients from University of Massachusetts Amherst get an earnings boost of about $9,788 over the typical income of architectural sciences & technology majors.
Located in the small 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 roughly 123 architectural sciences & technology students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year.
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 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 149 architectural sciences & technology students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year. Those architectural sciences & technology students who get their degree from Syracuse University make $3,471 more than the average architect science student.
Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 52 architectural 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 Sciences & Technology 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).
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The architect science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Architectural Sciences & Technology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for architectural sciences & technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
