General Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

If you plan to study general architecture, take a look at what Massachusetts Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 architecture majors received their bachelor's degree from MIT.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Architecture section at the bottom of this page.

MIT General Architecture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture
• Master’s Degree in Architecture
• Doctorate Degree in Architecture

MIT General Architecture Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks architecture programs across the country. The following shows how MIT performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The architecture major at MIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Architecture. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in architecture from MIT. This makes it the #26 most popular school for architecture master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in architecture, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Architecture Student Demographics at MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the architecture majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT General Architecture Bachelor’s Program

The architecture program at MIT awarded 12 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 42% of these degrees went to men with the other 58% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its architecture bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in architecture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

MIT General Architecture Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a master's degree in General Architecture from MIT in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a master's in architecture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MIT also has a doctoral program available in architecture. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Real Estate Development
• Architectural Sciences & Technology
• Urban & Regional Planning

Careers That Architecture Grads May Go Into

A degree in architecture can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Architects	3,320	$103,920
Architecture Professors	590	$128,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By InSapphoWeTrust under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.