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

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

In 2020-2021, 522 degrees and certificates were awarded to architecture and related services students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #29 most popular major in the state.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Illinois 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 analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the most popular school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Illinois. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Of the 104 students majoring in architecture and related services at UIUC, 59% are male and 41% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great place for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Women make up 50% of the architecture and related services majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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Out of the 8 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

About 29% of the students majoring in architecture and related services at the school are women while 71% are male.

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#5

Judson University

Elgin, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Judson University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the midsize city of Elgin, Judson is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 20% of the architecture and related services majors at the school.

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#6

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

About 83% of the students majoring in architecture and related services at the school are women while 17% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, School of the Art Institute of Chicago did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for architecture and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#7

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree architecture and related services programs. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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Explore all the Most Popular Architecture & Related Services Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 258
Michigan 423
Ohio 663
Wisconsin 183

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 8 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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