2025 Best Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
9
Colleges in the Southwest Region
874
Bachelor's Degrees
Ranked #99 in popularity,
architecture is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of architecture. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 874 bachelor's degrees in architecture during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Architecture School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The architecture bachelor'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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
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.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on architecture students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other architecture students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor'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.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized architecture related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for architecture students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Architecture Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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