2025 Best General Architecture Schools in Pennsylvania
3Colleges in Pennsylvania
188Architecture Degrees Awarded
$50,340Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in general architecture, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #127 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Architecture Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 188 degrees in general architecture annually.
The architecture program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Architecture rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Architecture School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Pennsylvania.
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Best Schools for General Architecture in Pennsylvania
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 architecture degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in general architecture needs to check out Carnegie Mellon University. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Drexel University if you wish to pursue a degree in general architecture. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 28 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general architecture degree program at Drexel University make $7,390 above the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Every student pursuing a degree in general architecture needs to take a look at Marywood University. Located in the small city of Scranton, Marywood is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 69th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 34 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at Marywood in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the architecture program make around $48,650 for their early career.
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 architecture program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Architecture rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Architecture School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
