Bachelor's degree · Architecture · CIP 04.02
Architecture: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 108 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Architecture, together awarding 3,648 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $53,509 one year after finishing and $71,074 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $25,030 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Architecture programs on one chart
Pick any two measures. Hover a dot to see the college; click it to open the college's page.
Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 49 of 107; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Architecture
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 162 | $54,927 | $66,616 | $21,250 |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock · Public | TX | 161 | $47,134 | $63,947 | $21,500 |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 138 | $57,439 | $71,159 | $15,000 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio · Public | TX | 115 | $40,453 | $64,088 | $19,250 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 109 | $60,494 | $87,387 | $13,078 |
| University of Houston Houston · Public | TX | 106 | $58,366 | $73,558 | $27,500 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 103 | $52,615 | $69,076 | $12,000 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 101 | $50,943 | $67,736 | $20,037 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington · Public | TX | 97 | $49,621 | $68,186 | $15,832 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 97 | $48,603 | $68,188 | $21,500 |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville · Public | VA | 89 | $57,071 | $75,426 | $14,902 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati · Public | OH | 86 | $56,744 | $64,408 | $22,500 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 85 | $61,344 | $81,293 | $21,670 |
| Ball State University Muncie · Public | IN | 84 | $60,869 | $68,143 | $29,290 |
| Clemson University Clemson · Public | SC | 75 | $53,041 | $68,448 | $27,000 |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago · Public | IL | 74 | $47,868 | $63,227 | $18,750 |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent · Public | OH | 73 | $46,967 | $61,398 | $25,000 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 72 | $39,198 | $69,668 | $18,507 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte · Public | NC | 71 | $50,030 | $72,435 | $19,854 |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville · Public | AR | 69 | $60,915 | $75,889 | $30,820 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 64 | $62,516 | $77,907 | $29,000 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 64 | $50,910 | $71,195 | $13,021 |
| Auburn University Auburn · Public | AL | 62 | $63,048 | $73,035 | $29,500 |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque · Public | NM | 61 | n/a | $54,821 | $12,250 |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public | NY | 59 | $48,140 | $66,803 | $22,000 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta · Public | GA | 57 | n/a | $70,176 | $23,750 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 55 | $66,434 | $82,532 | $27,250 |
| Kean University Union · Public | NJ | 53 | $47,665 | n/a | $24,740 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy · Private nonprofit | NY | 52 | $58,771 | $77,328 | $31,000 |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo · Public | ND | 49 | n/a | $67,139 | $24,602 |
| The Catholic University of America Washington · Private nonprofit | DC | 42 | n/a | $76,348 | n/a |
| University of Notre Dame Notre Dame · Private nonprofit | IN | 42 | $70,513 | $87,617 | $24,500 |
| Portland State University Portland · Public | OR | 39 | $47,559 | $63,295 | $24,873 |
| Drexel University Philadelphia · Private nonprofit | PA | 37 | $68,070 | $81,532 | $30,000 |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 37 | $58,190 | $74,634 | $31,000 |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee · Public | WI | 37 | $52,835 | $64,509 | $23,125 |
| Marywood University Scranton · Private nonprofit | PA | 36 | $59,701 | $75,434 | $31,000 |
| Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans · Private nonprofit | LA | 35 | n/a | $73,549 | n/a |
| University of San Francisco San Francisco · Private nonprofit | CA | 35 | $57,746 | n/a | $26,000 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 33 | $64,171 | $84,270 | $27,471 |
| Prairie View A & M University Prairie View · Public | TX | 33 | $49,212 | $66,279 | $27,000 |
| Drury University Springfield · Private nonprofit | MO | 32 | $52,851 | $72,159 | $31,000 |
| Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Ponce · Private nonprofit | PR | 31 | $19,967 | $56,163 | $31,000 |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas · Public | NV | 31 | $45,472 | $74,502 | $15,157 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale · Public | IL | 29 | n/a | $65,611 | $24,725 |
| Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Hato Rey · Private nonprofit | PR | 29 | $24,978 | n/a | $30,125 |
| The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 28 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Central Florida Orlando · Public | FL | 28 | $53,509 | $65,788 | n/a |
| Howard University Washington · Private nonprofit | DC | 24 | n/a | n/a | $25,700 |
| Judson University Elgin · Private nonprofit | IL | 23 | $37,376 | $69,153 | $25,059 |
Quick facts: Architecture
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Architecture?
- The College Scorecard lists 108 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Architecture.
- How much do Architecture graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $53,509 one year after graduation (57 institutions reporting) and $71,074 five years after graduation (74 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Architecture graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: University of Notre Dame ($87,617), University of California-Berkeley ($87,387), University of Southern California ($86,508), Boston Architectural College ($86,036), and North Carolina State University at Raleigh ($84,270).
- How much student debt do Architecture graduates have?
- The median institution's Architecture graduates leave with $25,030 in federal student loans (56 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Architecture degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Arizona State University Campus Immersion (162), Texas Tech University (161), University of Maryland-College Park (138), The University of Texas at San Antonio (115), and University of California-Berkeley (109).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Architecture (CIP code 04.02), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.