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2023 Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Illinois

7 Colleges
$48,821 Avg Salary
$24,937 Avg Student Debt

With 189 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, architecture and related services is the #24 most popular major in Illinois.

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The Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular 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 .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in Illinois for architecture and related services students. 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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The excellent programs at School of the Art Institute of Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best architecture and related services schools in Illinois. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Judson University

Elgin, IL

Judson University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the city of Elgin, Judson is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#7

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

Eastern Illinois University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in Illinois list. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Charleston.

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Explore all the Most Popular Architecture & Related Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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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