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2023 Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region

16 Colleges
$46,572 Avg Salary
$25,410 Avg Student Debt

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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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Check out the architecture and related services programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

#1

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

Our 2023 rankings named University of Notre Dame the best school in the Great Lakes Region for architecture and related services students. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great place for architecture and related services students. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Oxford. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.

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#6

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for architecture and related services students. It came in at #6 on the list. Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for architecture and related services students. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for architecture and related services students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best architecture and related services programs. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee did quite well on this year’s best schools for architecture and related services students. UWM is a very large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

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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 16 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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