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

16 Colleges
$54,907 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.

The Best Architecture/Urban Planning Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master'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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Check out the architecture and related services master's degree 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 analysis found University of Notre Dame to be the best school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best architecture and related services schools in the Great Lakes Region . Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Architecture/Urban Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Architecture/Urban Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Architecture/Urban Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly 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 places for architecture and related services students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Ball State is a very large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for architecture and related services students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree architecture and related services programs. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Architecture/Urban Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ranked #10 on this year’s Best Architecture/Urban Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. 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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