2025 Best Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
212Bachelor'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 3 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of architecture. Combined, these schools handed out 212 bachelor's degrees in architecture to qualified students.
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 complete 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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Architecture in the Plains States Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in architecture.
Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in architecture
Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in architecture has to check out Drury University. Located in the city of Springfield, Drury University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in architecture from Drury University
Best Architecture Colleges by State
Explore the best architecture colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .
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).