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2023 Best General Architecture Doctor's Degree Schools

17 Colleges
$54,134 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Architecture Doctor's Degree School for You

General Architecture is the #130 most popular major in the country with 4,982 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best General Architecture Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best General Architecture Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best General Architecture Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for general architecture students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great place for general architecture students working on their doctor’s degree. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general architecture schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Virginia Tech is a great place for general architecture students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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#6

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #6, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for general architecture students working on their doctor’s degree. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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#7

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

With a ranking of #7, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on this year’s best schools for general architecture students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Los Angeles did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general architecture students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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Columbia University in the City of New York came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best schools for general architecture students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

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General Architecture is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Architecture

Related Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 6,781
Urban & Regional Planning 2,419
Landscape Architecture 905
Environmental Design 741
Interior Architecture 728

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 17 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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