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2023 Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region

20 Colleges
$53,675 Avg Salary
$30,046 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 20 schools in the New England Region 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.

Check out the architecture and related services programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the most popular school in the New England Region for architecture and related services students. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great place for architecture and related services students. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston Architectural College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston Architectural College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#4

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Out of the 20 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island School of Design. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Schools in the New England Region list. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

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Wentworth Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for architecture and related services students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Roger Williams University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for architecture and related services students. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for architecture and related services students. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

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Northeastern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for architecture and related services students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#10

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

With a ranking of #10, University of Hartford did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for architecture and related services students. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of West Hartford.

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 618
Rhode Island 121
Connecticut 86
Maine 9
Vermont 10

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 20 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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