General Architecture is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #122 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Architecture Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 34 master's degrees in general architecture during the 2022-2023 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general architecture students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of general architecture students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt general architecture students go into to obtain their master'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 colleges for general architecture students working on their master's degree.
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 Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Architecture in Louisiana
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general architecture.
Top Louisiana Schools for a Master's in Architecture
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in general architecture needs to look into Louisiana Tech University. Located in the town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Master's recipients from the general architecture major at Louisiana Tech University get $2,046 above the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in general architecture. UL Lafayette is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lafayette.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the architecture program earn around $46,511 in the first couple years of their 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).
