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Most Popular Schools for Architecture Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of architecture and to conduct research in various aspects of the field. Includes instruction in architectural design, history, and theory; building structures and environmental systems; project and site planning; construction; professional responsibilities and standards; and related cultural, social, economic, and environmental issues.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 University of California-Berkeley 168 1% $38,066
2 Wentworth Institute of Technology 159 16% $53,390
3 University of Florida 154 1% $21,211
4 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 150 2% $26,834
5 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo 150 3% $28,302
6 Texas A & M University-College Station 146 1% $29,506
7 University of Oregon 144 2% $27,366
8 Pratt Institute-Main 131 9% $67,742
9 University at Buffalo 126 2% $27,758
10 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 120 2% $24,486
11 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 120 3% $29,357
12 The University of Texas at San Antonio 120 2% $23,715
13 Texas Tech University 119 1% $24,472
14 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 115 1% $27,898
15 Roger Williams University 115 10% $54,642
16 University of Washington-Seattle Campus 114 1% $27,638
17 Illinois Institute of Technology 110 5% $65,386
18 Clemson University 108 2% $31,270
19 Kent State University at Kent 107 1% $25,886
20 The University of Texas at Arlington 105 1% $26,660
21 Boston Architectural College 103 53% $39,988
22 University of Maryland-College Park 103 1% $27,146
23 New Jersey Institute of Technology 97 3% $37,738
24 Northeastern University 97 1% $70,592
25 The University of Texas at Austin 97 1% $26,506
26 Ohio State University-Main Campus 95 1% $27,367
27 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 95 1% $23,694
28 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 92 1% $28,891
29 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 90 2% $24,936
30 Newschool of Architecture and Design 89 70% $30,528
31 Yale University 89 2% $73,900
32 University of Houston 88 1% $23,225
33 Woodbury University 87 23% $56,497
34 Florida International University 87 1% $23,506
35 University of Virginia-Main Campus 84 1% $33,493
36 Kansas State University 83 2% $24,923
37 Tulane University of Louisiana 79 2% $72,296
38 University of Kansas 78 1% $26,566
39 Iowa State University 77 1% $21,186
40 CUNY City College 76 2% $29,967
41 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 75 2% $29,367
42 University of Kentucky 75 1% $30,101
43 University of New Mexico-Main Campus 72 1% $22,639
44 Portland State University 69 1% $26,085
45 University of Arizona 69 1% $29,217
46 North Dakota State University-Main Campus 66 2% $22,436
47 University of Utah 66 1% $24,472
48 Rice University 65 3% $65,150
49 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus 65 1% $27,476
50 Catholic University of America 64 5% $64,560
51 University of Illinois at Chicago 62 1% $30,866
52 University of California-Los Angeles 60 1% $34,620
53 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 59 0% $36,652
54 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 57 3% $71,998
55 University of Miami 56 1% $68,460
56 Morgan State University 55 4% $24,101
57 Prairie View A & M University 55 4% $24,847
58 California College of the Arts 55 11% $67,074
59 Miami University-Oxford 53 1% $33,229
60 University of Notre Dame 52 2% $71,801
61 Auburn University 52 1% $31,590
62 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 52 1% $31,510
63 University of Idaho 51 2% $21,350
64 University of Detroit Mercy 49 4% $41,226
65 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 46 1% $23,977
66 Florida Atlantic University 46 1% $24,235
67 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 45 0% $30,298
68 Carnegie Mellon University 44 1% $72,283
69 Drexel University 43 1% $70,223
70 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus 43 1% $29,097
71 University of Arkansas 43 1% $25,500
72 University of Central Florida 42 0% $22,548
73 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 42 4% $16,918
74 Kennesaw State University 42 1% $25,773
75 Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico 40 6% $30,110
76 Thomas Jefferson University 40 2% $59,762
77 Arizona State University-Tempe 39 0% $28,048
78 Washington State University 39 1% $27,484
79 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 39 2% $23,207
80 Ball State University 37 1% $24,550
81 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 37 1% $24,105
82 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 37 14% $66,313
83 El Paso Community College 33 1% $4,089
84 Rhode Island School of Design 33 5% $70,560
85 University of South Florida-Main Campus 32 0% $23,320
86 Keene State College 31 3% $27,988
87 Judson University 31 9% $43,368
88 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 30 0% $30,360
89 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 30 3% $67,870
90 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 29 0% $28,776
91 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 28 1% $19,876
92 Marywood University 27 3% $51,960
93 Princeton University 26 1% $70,900
94 Mississippi State University 22 0% $24,957
95 Columbia University in the City of New York 22 0% $76,856
96 SUNY College of Technology at Alfred 20 2% $25,422
97 University of Nevada-Las Vegas 20 0% $24,035
98 San Antonio College 19 0% $4,311
99 Drury University 19 5% $40,951
100 Norwich University 19 1% $58,054

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Architecture program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.