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Best General Architecture Master's Degree Schools

2023 Best General Architecture Master's Degree Schools

43 Colleges
$53,392 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Architecture Master'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.

The Best General Architecture Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 43 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best General Architecture Master's Degree Schools

#1

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

Our 2023 rankings named University of Notre Dame the best school in the United States for general architecture students working on their master’s degree. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general architecture schools in the United States. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#3

Yale University

New Haven, CT

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Yale University is a great place for general architecture students working on their master’s degree. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

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Out of the 43 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the # 4 spot on the list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

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#5

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great place for general architecture students working on their master’s degree. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on this year’s best schools for general architecture students working on their master’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

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University of California - Berkeley came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools ranking. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranked #8 on this year’s Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general architecture students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public 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 master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school 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 25 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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