2024 Best General Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general architecture, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #93 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for general architecture students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 104 bachelor's degrees in general architecture during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 - How many other general architecture students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 easy is it for general architecture to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general architecture related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general architecture students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Architecture Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Architecture in Rhode Island

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general architecture.

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in Architecture

1

Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI

66 Annual Graduates

$40,236 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general architecture has to check out Roger Williams University. RWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Bristol.

After graduating, architecture bachelor's recipients usually make around $40,236 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in general architecture from Roger Williams University

2

Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI

30 Annual Graduates

$39,281 Median Starting Salary

Rhode Island School of Design is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general architecture. Located in the city of Providence, RISD is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the architecture program report average early career earnings of $39,281.

More information about a bachelor’s in general architecture from Rhode Island School of Design

Best General Architecture Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best General Architecture Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	42
Connecticut	183	19
New Hampshire	157	19
Maine	156	5
Vermont	155	31

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Rankings in Majors Related to Architecture

One of 8 majors within the Architecture & Related Services area of study, General Architecture has other similar majors worth exploring.

Architecture Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Architecture	104

Majors Similar to Architecture

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology	42
Landscape Architecture	14
Architectural History	1

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Danichou. More about our data sources and methodologies.