Bachelor's · Architecture and Related Services

Architecture (Bachelor's): earnings by school

78 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$54,218
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$67,178
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$24,550
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 71 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $62,557 and $70,752. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
University of Notre Dame IN$70,513$82,983$24,500
Boston Architectural College MA$66,206$82,268$31,860
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA$61,344$76,969$22,000
The University of Texas at Austin TX$66,434$76,808$27,250
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC$64,171$76,695$28,978
University of California-Berkeley CA$60,494$76,679$13,156
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA—$76,613—
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$62,516$76,181$29,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY$58,771$75,551$31,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA—$75,074—
Newschool of Architecture and Design CA—$74,587—
Northeastern University MA—$74,540—
Carnegie Mellon University PA—$73,439—
Drexel University PA$68,070$72,915$30,000
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV$45,472$72,468$15,157
Auburn University AL$63,048$72,420$29,000
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA—$71,292$22,000
Kennesaw State University GA$62,825$70,752$29,750
University of Houston TX$58,366$70,616$27,500
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK—$70,383—
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA$57,071$70,213$14,402
Drury University MO$52,851$70,134$31,000
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL$52,410$69,874—
The Catholic University of America DC—$69,838—
Mississippi State University MS$58,190$69,699$30,737
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$50,910$69,515$11,000
Iowa State University IA—$69,310—
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA$57,075$69,029$25,758
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$61,580$68,765$27,000
University of Maryland-College Park MD$57,439$68,527$15,000
Illinois Institute of Technology IL—$68,358—
University of Arkansas AR$60,915$67,955$30,500
Woodbury University CA—$67,517—
University of Florida FL$52,615$67,399$11,674
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC$50,030$67,204$19,500
Marywood University PA$59,701$67,178$31,000
Wentworth Institute of Technology MA—$67,122—
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ—$66,840—
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$51,218$66,131—
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH$56,744$65,449$22,500
North Dakota State University-Main Campus ND—$65,148$23,715
Roger Williams University RI$55,092$65,092$26,967
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$39,198$65,015$15,475
University of Central Florida FL$53,509$64,826—
Florida Atlantic University FL$62,092$64,730—
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred NY—$64,658$26,212
Texas A&M University-College Station TX$50,943$64,643$19,718
California Baptist University CA$63,907—$26,000
Clemson University SC$53,041$63,892$24,550
Texas Tech University TX$47,134$63,871$21,500
Judson University IL$37,376$63,846$25,455
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL—$63,104$22,500
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI$52,835$62,803$21,250
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE$40,533$62,700—
University of Idaho ID—$62,557—
Prairie View A & M University TX$49,212$62,540$26,914
University of Kentucky KY$44,445$62,383—
Portland State University OR$47,559$62,349$22,458
The University of Texas at Arlington TX$49,621$62,345$15,250
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$48,603$62,246$20,500
University at Buffalo NY$48,140$61,525$21,500
Miami University-Oxford OH—$61,466—
Dunwoody College of Technology MN$61,347——
Keene State College NH$55,083$61,304$25,228
Ball State University IN$60,869—$29,000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$54,927$60,297$20,500
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$54,927$60,297$20,500
Morgan State University MD$41,438$59,586—
Kent State University at Kent OH$46,967$59,299$25,000
Norwich University VT—$58,534$27,000
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX$40,453$57,778$19,000
University of San Francisco CA$57,746—$26,000
University of Illinois Chicago IL$47,868$56,975$19,500
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM—$48,424$12,500
Kean University NJ$47,665—$21,650
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce PR$19,967$45,710$31,000
University of California-Los Angeles CA$43,576——
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico PR$24,978—$30,125