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

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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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Architecture & Related Services program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for architecture and related services majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our analysis found University of Michigan - Ann Arbor to be the most popular school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

Of the 9 students majoring in architecture and related services at U-M, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great place for architecture and related services students working on their doctor’s degree. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.

Of the 6 students majoring in architecture and related services at Ohio State, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Women make up 60% of the architecture and related services majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 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 college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 33% of the architecture and related services majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular architecture and related services schools in the Great Lakes Region . UWM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

Of the 3 students majoring in architecture and related services at UWM, 67% are male and 33% are female.

Full Architecture & Related Services at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for architecture and related services students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

About 50% of the students majoring in architecture and related services at the school are women while 50% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for architecture and related services students working on their doctor’s degree. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

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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 7 schools only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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