You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in architecture (other). It is ranked #281 out of 363 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Architecture (Other) Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 122 bachelor's degrees in architecture (other) during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Architecture (Other) School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of architecture (other) for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on architecture (other) students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of architecture (other) students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt architecture (other) students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized architecture (other) related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for architecture (other) students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Architecture (Other) Bachelor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Architecture (Other) in the United States
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in architecture (other).
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).