2025 Best General Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in California
a bachelor's degree in
general architecture is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #93 out of 363 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.
College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 298 bachelor's degrees in general architecture during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great General Architecture School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of general architecture for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. 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 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 bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor'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 - The number of general architecture students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
- 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 much debt general architecture students go into to obtain their bachelor'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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general architecture students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Architecture Schools
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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in California.
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