General Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students received a bachelor's degree in architecture from UT Austin.

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.

UT Austin General Architecture Degrees Available

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

UT Austin General Architecture Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the architecture progam at UT Austin 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 UT Austin 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 Schools	11

In 2021, 52 students received their master’s degree in architecture from UT Austin. This makes it the #3 most popular school for architecture master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Architecture Graduates from UT Austin Make?

The median salary of architecture students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $51,821. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $46,312 for all architecture bachelor's degree recipients.

Architecture Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the architecture majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin General Architecture Bachelor’s Program

Of the 56 architecture students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Austin, about 39% were men and 61% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in architecture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Austin General Architecture Master’s Program

Of the 52 students who earned a master's degree in General Architecture from UT Austin in 2020-2021, 46% were men and 54% were women.

Of the students who received a architecture master's degree from UT Austin, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in architecture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	33
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Architectural History
• Architectural Sciences & Technology
• Landscape Architecture
• Environmental Design
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Architects	8,560	$99,580
Architecture Professors	700	$87,360

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.