2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in District of Columbia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Architecture is the 127th most popular major in the country with 4,814 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , general architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $49,038 and had an average of $30,541 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 140 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,497 and $26,712 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 84 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,578 and $24,158 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general architecture. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general architecture program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree architecture students.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Architecture in District of Columbia

1

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

$46,662 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,712 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in District of Columbia list. Catholic University of America is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Architecture at Catholic University of America

2

University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

#8 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the District of Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in District of Columbia. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full University of the District of Columbia General Architecture Report

3

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Architecture at Howard

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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