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2021 Best General Architecture Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California

6 Colleges
311 Bachelor's Degrees
$38,684 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best General Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best General Architecture Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in CaliforniaWith 311 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, general architecture is the #99 most popular major in California. This means that 8.2% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.

This year's Best General Architecture Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general architecture programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the general architecture program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best General Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students in California

Check out the architecture programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.

Best General Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona tops the 2021 list of our schools in California that are best for non-traditional general architecture students. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pomona. Cal Poly Pomona not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in California list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 20,284 students at Cal Poly Pomona that take at least one class online. 5,151 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a very large student population. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in California list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 15,682 students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo that take at least one class online. About 1,455 of the students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are attending part time.

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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Berkeley. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population. UC Berkeley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in California list.

About 0.5% of UC Berkeley students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 26,398 students at UC Berkeley that take at least one class online. 4,099 of UC Berkeley students are attending part time.

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Woodbury University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Woodbury is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Burbank. Woodbury also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for General Architecture in California rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. Approximately 402 students take at least one class online at Woodbury. 88 students are part time.

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University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. USFCA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco. As a testament to the quality of education offered at USFCA, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for General Architecture in California ranking.

The student loan default rate at USFCA is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,220 students take at least one class online at USFCA. There are roughly 2,299 part time students in attendance at USFCA.

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University of Southern California comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles. USC also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for General Architecture in California rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 15,291 students at USC that take at least one class online. 6,687 of USC students are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students General Architecture Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best General Architecture Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 46
Oregon 104
Nevada 35

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

Notes and References

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*Avg Cost is for the top 6 schools only.

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