Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

What traits are you looking for in a architecture school? To help you decide if Massachusetts Institute of Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's architecture program.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 11,254.

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

MIT Architecture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in architecture
• Master’s Degree in architecture

MIT Architecture Rankings

The architecture major at MIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

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 Architecture Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of architecture bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

MIT Architecture Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of architecture master's degrees went to men and 43% went to 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	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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.