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2023 Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

9 Colleges
$65,148 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, architecture and related services was ranked #29 in the country. In fact 17,325 degrees and certificates were handed out 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 Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found The University of Texas at San Antonio to be the most popular school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

About 53% of the students majoring in architecture and related services at the school are women while 47% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for architecture and related services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 56% of the architecture and related services majors at the school.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

Of the 11 students majoring in architecture and related services at UNM, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Women make up 75% of the architecture and related services majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Arlington is a great place for architecture and related services students working on their graduate certificate. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Arlington.

Of the 7 students majoring in architecture and related services at UT Arlington, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for architecture and related services students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

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#7

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 618
Texas 1,281
New Mexico 169
Oklahoma 68

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 9 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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