2025 Best General Architecture Schools in Illinois
3Colleges in Illinois
164Architecture Degrees Awarded
$50,340Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in general architecture is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #127 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for general architecture students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 164 degrees in general architecture to qualified students.
The architecture program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Architecture rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general 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 General Architecture Schools in Illinois.
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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.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general architecture. SIUC is a large public university located in the town of Carbondale. This university ranks 36th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 61 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent year we have data available. Those general architecture students who get their degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale receive $3,368 more than the average architecture student.
University of Illinois at Chicago is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in general architecture. UIC is a very large public university located in the city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #254 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UIC is a great university overall.
There were about 71 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, architecture degree recipients typically earn around $32,451 in the first five years of their career.
Judson University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in general architecture. Judson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Elgin. This university ranks 38th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 32 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at Judson in the most recent data year.
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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The architecture program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Architecture rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general architecture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
