Best colleges for Architecture

Ranked by median Architecture graduate earnings (~10 years after entry) from College Scorecard’s field-of-study data — the financial outcome for that specific field, not a prestige ranking. Source-cited; model your own odds and net price at each.

#	College	Location	Architecture earnings	Net price	Accept.
1	Maine Maritime Academy	Castine, ME	$97,705	$23,414	54%
2	SUNY Maritime College	Throggs Neck, NY	$81,997	$22,367	72%
3	University of San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	$55,286	$41,431	62%
4	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	$55,286	$17,447	75%
5	Ball State University	Muncie, IN	$50,320	$14,940	86%
6	California College of the Arts	San Francisco, CA	$50,231	$53,909	91%
7	Oregon	Eugene, OR	$50,141	$22,182	88%
8	Pratt Institute-Main	Brooklyn, NY	$50,000	$52,659	73%
9	New York Institute of Technology	Old Westbury, NY	$48,823	$22,443	81%
10	Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	$48,087	$28,928	81%
11	Drury University	Springfield, MO	$47,650	$20,831	58%
12	Marywood University	Scranton, PA	$47,260	$23,388	61%
13	Roger Williams University	Bristol, RI	$45,221	$37,999	88%
14	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	Syracuse, NY	$42,682	$18,952	63%
15	The New School	New York, NY	$42,682	$58,741	63%
16	Keene State College	Keene, NH	$40,461	$17,887	90%
17	Chatham University	Pittsburgh, PA	$32,382	$29,954	62%

Quick answers

How are the best colleges for Architecture ranked?: By the median earnings of Architecture graduates ~10 years after entry, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard field-of-study data. It measures financial outcomes for that specific field at each school — not overall prestige or how hard it is to get in.
Does a higher rank mean the program is better, or easier to enter?: Neither on its own. It means graduates of that field tend to earn more — which reflects the field, the school, and who enrolls. Admission difficulty is separate: use each school's acceptance rate here, then run your personalized odds. Earnings also lag ~2 years and cover federally-aided graduates.
Why isn't every college listed?: We only rank schools where College Scorecard reports field-of-study earnings for Architecture among the school's programs, so coverage grows as more institutions report. A missing school isn't a judgment — we just don't have verified Architecture earnings for it yet.

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Earnings are field-of-study medians from College Scorecard and lag ~2 years; they cover federally-aided graduates, not every student, and are not a guarantee of individual outcomes.

These outputs are estimates from a baseline model — not guarantees of admission, cost, or outcome.

Best colleges for Architecture

#	College	Location	Architecture earnings	Net price	Accept.
1	Maine Maritime Academy	Castine, ME	$97,705	$23,414	54%
2	SUNY Maritime College	Throggs Neck, NY	$81,997	$22,367	72%
3	University of San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	$55,286	$41,431	62%
4	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	$55,286	$17,447	75%
5	Ball State University	Muncie, IN	$50,320	$14,940	86%
6	California College of the Arts	San Francisco, CA	$50,231	$53,909	91%
7	Oregon	Eugene, OR	$50,141	$22,182	88%
8	Pratt Institute-Main	Brooklyn, NY	$50,000	$52,659	73%
9	New York Institute of Technology	Old Westbury, NY	$48,823	$22,443	81%
10	Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	$48,087	$28,928	81%
11	Drury University	Springfield, MO	$47,650	$20,831	58%
12	Marywood University	Scranton, PA	$47,260	$23,388	61%
13	Roger Williams University	Bristol, RI	$45,221	$37,999	88%
14	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	Syracuse, NY	$42,682	$18,952	63%
15	The New School	New York, NY	$42,682	$58,741	63%
16	Keene State College	Keene, NH	$40,461	$17,887	90%
17	Chatham University	Pittsburgh, PA	$32,382	$29,954	62%

Quick answers

How are the best colleges for Architecture ranked?

By the median earnings of Architecture graduates ~10 years after entry, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard field-of-study data. It measures financial outcomes for that specific field at each school — not overall prestige or how hard it is to get in.

Does a higher rank mean the program is better, or easier to enter?

Neither on its own. It means graduates of that field tend to earn more — which reflects the field, the school, and who enrolls. Admission difficulty is separate: use each school's acceptance rate here, then run your personalized odds. Earnings also lag ~2 years and cover federally-aided graduates.

Why isn't every college listed?

We only rank schools where College Scorecard reports field-of-study earnings for Architecture among the school's programs, so coverage grows as more institutions report. A missing school isn't a judgment — we just don't have verified Architecture earnings for it yet.

Earnings are field-of-study medians from College Scorecard and lag ~2 years; they cover federally-aided graduates, not every student, and are not a guarantee of individual outcomes.

These outputs are estimates from a baseline model — not guarantees of admission, cost, or outcome.