Architecture
149 colleges offer Architecture in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $39,481, from $17,228 at the lowest program to $72,021 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $44,865 on average, from $24,994 at the lowest program to $58,141 at the highest.
Is an Architecture degree worth it?
Across 78 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $46,312 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $39,645 and $51,222. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $27,466. Debt is 0.59x first-year earnings, which ranks 37th of 147 majors, where 1st carries the least debt for the pay.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 149
- Average Debt on Graduation: $39,481
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $44,865
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Degree type: Certificate, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, etc.
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Debt Mean
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Average federal loan debt at graduation — can be skewed by outliers, unlike the median
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Debt Median
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Earnings ▼
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| Lebanese American University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Glasgow School of Art | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Kingston University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| American University of Beirut | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Toronto | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Washington State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Norwich University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Middlebury College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bennington College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rice University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| South Dakota State University | Bachelor's Degree | $36,867 | No data | No data |
| Brown University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Temple University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lehigh University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ithaca College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY City College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Barnard College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Princeton University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Kean University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Washington University in St Louis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dunwoody College of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lawrence Technological University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Detroit Mercy | Bachelor's Degree | $49,633 | No data | No data |
| Andrews University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wellesley College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Tufts University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Smith College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northeastern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hampshire College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maine at Augusta | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Tulane University of Louisiana | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southern University and A & M College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Kansas State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Benedictine College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ball State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Judson University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Idaho | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of South Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Howard University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of the District of Columbia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Florida International University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Yale University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of San Francisco | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Los Angeles | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California Baptist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Academy of Art University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Tuskegee University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Florida | Bachelor's Degree | $20,330 | $13,277 | $24,994 |
| University of Central Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,020 |
| Texas Tech University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $16,910 | $30,726 |
| University at Buffalo | Bachelor's Degree | $27,244 | $21,948 | $30,844 |
| Kent State University at Kent | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $27,176 | $31,725 |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,262 |
| Portland State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,692 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Bachelor's Degree | $37,609 | $18,000 | $33,306 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | Bachelor's Degree | $17,228 | $10,943 | $33,617 |
| Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,251 |
| University of Kentucky | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,777 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $29,329 | $19,500 | $35,785 |
| University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $44,714 | No data | $37,782 |
| University of Utah | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,829 |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,300 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $34,847 | $38,352 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,752 |
| Morgan State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,162 |
| Rhode Island School of Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,281 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Bachelor's Degree | $64,063 | No data | $39,533 |
| Florida Atlantic University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,980 |
| Keene State College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,199 |
| Roger Williams University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $64,075 | $40,236 |
| Prairie View A & M University | Bachelor's Degree | $25,051 | No data | $40,652 |
| University of Illinois Chicago | Bachelor's Degree | $44,204 | No data | $41,198 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,663 |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Bachelor's Degree | $35,471 | No data | $41,898 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $27,466 | $41,934 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,460 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $43,456 | No data | $43,109 |
| Southern California Institute of Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $43,818 |
| University of Arkansas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $44,168 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $44,216 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Bachelor's Degree | $33,238 | $25,106 | $44,309 |
| Clemson University | Bachelor's Degree | $60,550 | $63,901 | $44,793 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | Bachelor's Degree | $20,539 | No data | $45,056 |
| Miami University-Oxford | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $45,264 |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $45,865 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $46,245 |
| Marywood University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $46,378 |
| University of Maryland-College Park | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $46,586 |
| The Catholic University of America | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $46,662 |
| Woodbury University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $46,734 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | $72,021 | $59,157 | $46,837 |
| Drury University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $46,890 |
| University of Oregon | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $95,088 | $47,136 |
| University of Houston | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $47,319 |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $47,564 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $47,599 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $47,606 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Bachelor's Degree | $40,372 | No data | $48,368 |
| New York Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $48,542 |
| University of Arizona | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $48,852 |
| Iowa State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $49,768 |
| Auburn University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $50,456 |
| University of Miami | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $50,674 |
| University of Southern California | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $50,964 |
| Pratt Institute-Main | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,033 |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,285 |
| Kennesaw State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,349 |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,482 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,626 |
| Mississippi State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,686 |
| Newschool of Architecture and Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,755 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $46,268 | $51,821 |
| University of California-Berkeley | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $52,215 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $52,282 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $52,288 |
| Cornell University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $52,794 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $53,246 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $53,848 |
| Syracuse University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $55,145 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $37,762 | $55,714 |
| Drexel University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $56,215 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $56,226 |
| Boston Architectural College | Bachelor's Degree | $48,215 | $42,352 | $56,964 |
| California College of the Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $57,344 |
| University of Notre Dame | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $58,141 |
| Universidad de Monterrey | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cardiff University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Loughborough University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Utah Valley University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Baylor University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Belmont University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Case Western Reserve University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State University-Fresno | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Samford University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |