2025 Best General Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region
9Colleges in the Southwest Region
910Architecture 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.
College Factual looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 910 degrees in general architecture annually.
Your choice of general architecture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Architecture in the Southwest Region
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.
Texas A&M University - College Station is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general architecture. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the city of College Station. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 126 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the architecture program earn an average of $49,395 for their early career.
It's difficult to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you want to pursue a degree in general architecture. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 70 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year. Those general architecture students who get their degree from The University of Texas at Austin make $8,047 more than the average architecture grad.
It's hard to beat Texas Tech University if you wish to pursue a degree in general architecture. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #161 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were approximately 169 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the architecture program earn around $50,592 for their early career.
Every student pursuing a degree in general architecture needs to look into Arizona State University - Tempe. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were approximately 77 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the architecture program make about $37,918 for their early career.
UH is a very large public university located in the large city of Houston. This university ranks 14th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 95 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, architecture degree recipients generally earn around $49,388 at the beginning of their careers.
UTSA is a very large public university located in the large city of San Antonio. This university ranks 23rd out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 82 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at UTSA in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the architecture program earn an average of $42,610 in the first couple years of their career.
Located in the rural area of Prairie View, PVAMU is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 91st out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 57 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at PVAMU in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the general architecture degree program at Prairie View A & M University make $3,164 above the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
UT Arlington is a very large public university located in the city of Arlington. This university ranks 12th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 80 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at UT Arlington in the most recent year we have data available. General Architecture degree recipients from The University of Texas at Arlington get an earnings boost of around $4,307 above the typical income of general architecture majors.
Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were about 63 general architecture students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of general architecture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
