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Best Architecture Programs 2026

Top architecture programs ranked by graduate salary. See which schools produce the highest-earning architects.

10 programs ranked

$46,413 avg salary

8 public schools

Architectural Sciences and Technology

University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA

$53,003 median salary$31,927/yr net cost5.8 yr break-even+77% vs. HS diploma

Architecture

University of California-Berkeley · Berkeley, CA

$52,215 median salary$13,481/yr net cost2.6 yr break-even+74% vs. HS diploma

Landscape Architecture

University of Florida · Gainesville, FL

$50,971 median salary$6,351/yr net cost1.5 yr break-even+70% vs. HS diploma

Architecture

University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA

$50,964 median salary$31,927/yr net cost6.4 yr break-even+70% vs. HS diploma

Architecture

Iowa State University · Ames, IA

$49,768 median salary$18,165/yr net cost4.1 yr break-even+66% vs. HS diploma

Architecture

University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ

$48,852 median salary$15,960/yr net cost3.8 yr break-even+63% vs. HS diploma

Landscape Architecture

Iowa State University · Ames, IA

$47,898 median salary$18,165/yr net cost4.5 yr break-even+60% vs. HS diploma

Landscape Architecture

University of Georgia · Athens, GA

$45,932 median salary$13,816/yr net cost3.9 yr break-even+53% vs. HS diploma

Architecture

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI

$39,533 median salary$14,832/yr net cost7 yr break-even+32% vs. HS diploma

Architecture

University of Florida · Gainesville, FL

$24,994 median salary$6,351/yr net cost+-17% vs. HS diploma

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