General Architecture is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #122 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of general architecture. Combined, these schools handed out 113 master's degrees in general architecture to qualified students.
Choosing a Great General Architecture School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of general architecture for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality architecture program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general architecture students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of general architecture students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt general architecture students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general architecture related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general architecture students working on their master's degree.
The architecture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Architecture Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Architecture in the Southwest Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general architecture.
Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in Architecture
Texas A&M University - College Station is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in general architecture. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the city of College Station.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the architecture program make an average of $60,017 in their early career salary.
Texas Tech University is a good choice for students interested in a master's degree in general architecture. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a very large student population.
Those general architecture students who get their master's degree from Texas Tech University earn $2,005 more than the typical architecture graduate.
Prairie View A & M University is a wonderful option for students interested in a master's degree in general architecture. Located in the rural area of Prairie View, PVAMU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the architecture program report average early career earnings of $53,504.
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).
Your choice of general architecture for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality architecture program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
