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 Texas to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of general architecture. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 112 master's degrees in general architecture during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Choosing a Great General Architecture School for Your Master's Degree
The architecture master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
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
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general architecture students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general architecture students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for general architecture to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general architecture related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general architecture students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Architecture Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Architecture in Texas
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general architecture.
Texas A&M University - College Station is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a master's degree in general architecture. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the architecture program make around $60,017 for their early career.
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in general architecture has to take a look at Texas Tech University. Texas Tech is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lubbock.
Those general architecture students who get their master's degree from Texas Tech University receive $2,005 more than the average architecture student.
Every student who is interested in a master's degree in general architecture needs to check out Prairie View A & M University. PVAMU is a medium-sized public university located in the rural area of Prairie View.
Students who graduate with their master's from the architecture program state that they receive 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).
The architecture master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
