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2023 Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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$57,241 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, architecture and related services was ranked #22 in the country. In fact 6,944 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Architecture & Related Services Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Architecture/Urban Planning

Our analysis found Illinois Institute of Technology to be the best school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a very large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great place for architecture and related services students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree architecture and related services programs. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 189
Indiana 61
Ohio 194
Wisconsin 63
Michigan 253

Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 3,366
Urban & Regional Planning 1,613
General Architecture 1,096
Landscape Architecture 285
Real Estate Development 223
Interior Architecture 169
Environmental Design 114
Architectural History 45
Architecture (Other) 33

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Lorenzo Cafaro.

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