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

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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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Illinois to see which master'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 Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in Illinois for architecture and related services students working on their master’s degree. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Of the 70 students majoring in architecture and related services at UIUC, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 38% of the architecture and related services majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular architecture and related services schools in Illinois. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Women make up 62% of the architecture and related services majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at School of the Art Institute of Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular architecture and related services schools in Illinois. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Of the 16 students majoring in architecture and related services at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 13% are male and 88% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Chicago helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular architecture and related services schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in architecture and related services at UIC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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#6

Judson University

Elgin, IL

Judson University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree architecture and related services programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Elgin, Judson is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

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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 6 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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