Architecture is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #147 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Architecture Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 188 degrees in architecture to qualified students.
Your choice of architecture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for architecture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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 Architecture Schools in Pennsylvania.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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The schools below may not offer all types of architecture degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Carnegie Mellon University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in architecture. 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 approximately 11 architecture students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in architecture needs to take a look at Drexel University. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 28 architecture students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.
Marywood University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in architecture. Located in the city of Scranton, Marywood is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 69th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 34 architecture students who graduated with this degree at Marywood in the most recent data year.
One of 3 majors within the General Architecture area of study, Architecture has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
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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Your choice of architecture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for architecture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
