Best Schools for Architecture - Top Salaries

#1

U

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Private

$57,679

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $58,141

Graduates: 39

Acceptance: 12.4%

#2

B

Boston Architectural College

Boston, MA ·

$56,931

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $56,964

Graduates: 52

Acceptance: N/A

#3

C

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA · Public

$55,884

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $55,714

Graduates: 114

Acceptance: 29.8%

#4

C

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Pomona, CA · Public

$55,286

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $56,226

Graduates: 71

Acceptance: 73.7%

#5

U

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA · Private

$55,286

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 50.8%

#6

O

Oklahoma State University-Main Campus

Stillwater, OK · Public

$55,286

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $51,285

Graduates: 38

Acceptance: 70.9%

#7

D

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA · Private

$54,576

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $56,215

Graduates: 58

Acceptance: 77.5%

#8

T

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · Public

$54,570

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $51,821

Graduates: 51

Acceptance: 29.1%

#9

A

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA ·

$53,810

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: N/A

#10

C

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · Private

$53,775

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $44,216

Graduates: 32

Acceptance: 11.4%

#11

L

Lawrence Technological University

Southfield, MI · Private

$53,608

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 80.3%

#12

C

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private

$53,358

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $52,794

Graduates: 21

Acceptance: 8.2%

#13

R

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY · Private

$52,316

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $52,282

Graduates: 58

Acceptance: 58.5%

#14

A

Auburn University

Auburn, AL · Public

$52,107

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $50,456

Graduates: 30

Acceptance: 50.5%

#15

M

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS · Public

$52,107

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $51,686

Graduates: 30

Acceptance: 76.3%

#16

S

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY · Private

$52,107

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $55,145

Graduates: 52

Acceptance: 41.7%

#17

K

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, GA · Public

$52,107

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $51,349

Graduates: 58

Acceptance: 69.2%

#18

V

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA · Public

$51,960

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $53,246

Graduates: 75

Acceptance: 57.0%

#19

U

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL · Private

$51,690

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $50,674

Graduates: 31

Acceptance: 18.5%

#20

U

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

$51,273

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $52,215

Graduates: 81

Acceptance: 11.7%

#21

G

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · Public

$50,856

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $52,288

Graduates: 17

Acceptance: 16.5%

#22

R

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, RI · Private

$50,439

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $39,281

Graduates: 19

Acceptance: 13.8%

#23

C

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA · Private

$50,231

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $57,344

Graduates: 27

Acceptance: 73.4%

#24

U

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR · Public

$50,141

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $47,136

Graduates: 64

Acceptance: 85.1%

#25

W

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, MA · Private

$50,105

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $46,837

Graduates: 36

Acceptance: 85.4%

#26

I

Iowa State University

Ames, IA · Public

$50,060

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $49,768

Graduates: 71

Acceptance: 89.1%

#27

P

Pratt Institute-Main

Brooklyn, NY · Private

$50,000

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $51,033

Graduates: 101

Acceptance: 53.2%

#28

U

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus

Norman, OK · Public

$49,962

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $51,626

Graduates: 28

Acceptance: 76.5%

#29

N

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private

$49,840

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 5.7%

#30

U

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private

$49,437

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $50,964

Graduates: 35

Acceptance: 10.0%

#31

U

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA · Public

$49,136

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $43,109

Graduates: 38

Acceptance: 42.5%

#32

W

Woodbury University

Burbank, CA · Private

$49,064

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $46,734

Graduates: 66

Acceptance: 72.9%

#33

N

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, NC · Public

$49,019

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $53,848

Graduates: 17

Acceptance: 39.9%

#34

U

University of Houston

Houston, TX · Public

$49,019

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $47,319

Graduates: 82

Acceptance: 69.5%

#35

I

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL · Private

$48,988

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $47,606

Graduates: 84

Acceptance: 55.4%

#36

N

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, NY · Private

$48,823

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $48,542

Graduates: 29

Acceptance: 78.1%

#37

T

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA · Private

$48,087

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 86.1%

#38

D

Drury University

Springfield, MO · Private

$47,650

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $46,890

Graduates: 19

Acceptance: 58.9%

#39

N

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ · Public

$47,611

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $47,564

Graduates: 101

Acceptance: 66.9%

#40

M

Marywood University

Scranton, PA · Private

$47,260

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $46,378

Graduates: 50

Acceptance: 83.7%

#41

T

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA · Public

$47,260

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 82.9%

#42

T

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, TN · Public

$47,260

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $46,245

Graduates: 59

Acceptance: 46.0%

#43

T

Texas A & M University-College Station

College Station, TX · Public

$47,260

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $38,352

Graduates: 64

Acceptance: 63.2%

#44

L

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, LA · Public

$46,924

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $45,056

Graduates: 23

Acceptance: 74.0%

#45

S

Southern California Institute of Architecture

Los Angeles, CA · Private

$46,790

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $43,818

Graduates: 29

Acceptance: 82.7%

#46

U

University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, MD · Public

$46,087

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $46,586

Graduates: 57

Acceptance: 44.8%

#47

U

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, NC · Public

$45,852

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $48,368

Graduates: 39

Acceptance: 80.2%

#48

U

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ · Public

$45,696

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $48,852

Graduates: 48

Acceptance: 85.7%

#49

M

Miami University-Oxford

Oxford, OH · Public

$45,584

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $45,264

Graduates: 31

Acceptance: 82.1%

#50

U

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA · Public

$45,584

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $45,865

Graduates: 45

Acceptance: 16.9%