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2023 Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

20 Colleges
$44,169 Avg Salary
$25,409 Avg Student Debt

With 2,293 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, architecture and related services is the #28 most popular major in California.

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The Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in California to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Architecture & Related Services program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Architecture & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo the most popular school in California for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public college with a very large student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in architecture and related services at the school are women while 44% are male.

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Out of the 20 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the # 2 spot on the list. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pomona.

About 45% of the students majoring in architecture and related services at the school are women while 55% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 42% of the architecture and related services majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - Berkeley is a great place for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 165 students majoring in architecture and related services at UC Berkeley, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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#5

Woodbury University

Burbank, CA

Out of the 20 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Woodbury University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Burbank, Woodbury is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 38% of the students majoring in architecture and related services at the school are women while 62% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, Southern California Institute of Architecture did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, SCI-Arc is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

About 36% of the students majoring in architecture and related services at the school are women while 64% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, Newschool of Architecture and Design did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Newschool of Architecture and Design is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

Of the 49 students majoring in architecture and related services at Newschool of Architecture and Design, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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University of California - Davis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 69% of the architecture and related services majors at the school.

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University of California - San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for architecture and related services students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

About 43% of the students majoring in architecture and related services at the school are women while 57% are male.

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#10

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

With a ranking of #10, University of San Francisco did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. USFCA is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

About 63% of the students majoring in architecture and related services at the school are women while 38% are male.

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 349
Oregon 269
Hawaii 74
Nevada 78

Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 6,781
General Architecture 4,982
Urban & Regional Planning 2,419
Landscape Architecture 905
Environmental Design 741
Interior Architecture 728
Real Estate Development 420
Architecture (Other) 202
Architectural History 147

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Lorenzo Cafaro.

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