Architecture

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 108 institutions across the United States, with a total of 14157 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

102

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

3,649

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

802

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

9,439

awards given

Top Schools for Architecture

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	591
2	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	573
3	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	525
4	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	471
5	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	435
6	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	399
7	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	399
8	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	339
9	Boston Architectural College Boston, MA	327
10	University of Houston Houston, TX	324
11	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	315
12	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	312
13	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	309
14	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	303
15	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	294
16	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	288
17	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	279
18	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	270
19	Clemson University Clemson, SC	252
20	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	252
21	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	228
22	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	228
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	219
24	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	216
25	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	216
26	Prairie View A & M University Prairie View, TX	195
27	The Catholic University of America Washington, DC	183
28	Auburn University Auburn, AL	180
29	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL	180
30	Ball State University Muncie, IN	180
31	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	177
32	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	165
33	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	165
34	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	153
35	Marywood University Scranton, PA	150
36	Portland State University Portland, OR	147
37	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	147
38	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	147
39	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	144
40	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	144
41	Howard University Washington, DC	138
42	El Paso Community College El Paso, TX	135
43	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	129
44	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	129
45	Keene State College Keene, NH	102
46	Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Hato Rey, PR	102
47	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	96
48	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	93
49	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY	90
50	Drury University Springfield, MO	87
51	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan, PR	87
52	Judson University Elgin, IL	87
53	Morgan State University Baltimore, MD	84
54	Kean University Union, NJ	81
55	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	81
56	Rice University Houston, TX	75
57	Norwich University Northfield, VT	72
58	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	72
59	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	72
60	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	72
61	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	69
62	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	63
63	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	60
64	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Ponce, PR	60
65	Hampton University Hampton, VA	57
66	Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA	57
67	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	51
68	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	51
69	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred, NY	51
70	Yale University New Haven, CT	51
71	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	48
72	Brown University Providence, RI	48
73	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	48
74	University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA	45
75	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	42
76	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	42
77	Texas Southmost College Brownsville, TX	42
78	University of the District of Columbia Washington, DC	42
79	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston, MS	39
80	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	36
81	Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ	33
82	Barnard College New York, NY	33
83	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	33
84	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	33
85	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	30
86	Benedictine College Atchison, KS	27
87	University of Maine at Augusta Augusta, ME	27
88	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	24
89	Tufts University Medford, MA	24
90	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	24
91	Connecticut College New London, CT	21
92	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL	18
93	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	15
94	Holmes Community College Goodman, MS	15
95	Northeastern University Boston, MA	12
96	Dallas College Dallas, TX	12
97	Austin Community College District Austin, TX	9
98	Itawamba Community College Fulton, MS	9
99	Bennington College Bennington, VT	6
100	Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI	6