General Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design

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

RISD is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 2,227 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 30 architecture majors received their bachelor's degree from RISD.

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.

RISD General Architecture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture

RISD General Architecture Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the architecture progam at RISD compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The architecture major at RISD 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
Most Focused General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused General Architecture Schools	7
Best General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Most Popular General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Best General Architecture Schools	48
	51
Most Popular General Architecture Schools	54
	59
Best Value General Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	66
Best Value General Architecture Schools	80

How Much Do Architecture Graduates from RISD Make?

The median salary of architecture students who receive their bachelor's degree at RISD is $39,281. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,312 for all architecture students.

Architecture Student Demographics at RISD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the architecture majors at Rhode Island School of Design.

RISD General Architecture Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 architecture majors earned their bachelor's degree from RISD. Of these graduates, 47% were men and 53% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a bachelor's in architecture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

RISD also has a doctoral program available in architecture. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Architectural Sciences & Technology

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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island School of Design.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	480	$151,670
Architects	220	$79,120
Architecture Professors	190	$128,240

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 DanielPenfield under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.