Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology
Add ComparisonThe locations with the highest concentration of Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology degree recipients are New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and Philadelphia, PA. The locations with a relatively high number of Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology degree recipients are Southfield, MI, Bozeman, MT, and Brookings, SD. The most common degree awarded to students studying Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology and the types of students that study this field. Columbia University in the City of New York awards the most degrees in Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology in the US, but American College of the Building Arts and Southern California Institute of Architecture have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology.
Tuition costs for Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology majors are, on average, $0 for in-state public colleges, and $0 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (51 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (2,959 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (2,959 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Columbia University in the City of New York has the most Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology degree recipients, with 244 degrees awarded in 2020.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology.
Out of all institutions that offer Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, American College of the Building Arts has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Architecture and Related Services graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Architecture and Related Services majors is $87,645 and the most common occupations are Architects, except landscape and naval, Other managers, and Other designers.
The industry that employs the most Architecture and Related Services majors is Architectural, engineering & related services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Architecture and Related Services majors is $87,645 and the most common occupations are Architects, except landscape and naval, Other managers, and Other designers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Architecture and Related Services majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Architecture and Related Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Architecture and Related Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Architecture and Related Services majors, by number of employees, are Architects, except landscape and naval, Other managers, and Other designers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Architecture and Related Services majors working as Architects, except landscape and naval, Landscape architects, and Urban & regional planners.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Architecture and Related Services majors are Surgeons, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, and Computer network architects.
The number of Architecture and Related Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.41%, from 370,457 in 2019 to 386,790 in 2020.
The largest single share of Architecture and Related Services graduates go on to work as Architects, except landscape and naval (24.8%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Architecture and Related Services by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Architecture and Related Services majors, by number of employees, are Architectural, engineering & related services, Construction, and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges.
The highest paying industries of Architecture and Related Services majors, by average wage, are Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers, Not specified wholesale trade, and Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers .
The number of Architecture and Related Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.41%, from 370,457 in 2019 to 386,790 in 2020.
The industry which employs the most Architecture and Related Services graduates by share is Architectural, engineering & related services, followed by Construction. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Architecture and Related Services.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Architecture and Related Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Architecture and Related Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Architecture and Related Services in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Architecture and Related Services is 44.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Masters Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Architecture and Related Services degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Architecture and Related Services (2,256 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Architecture and Related Services. The most common ages of employees with this major are 29 and 28 years old, which represent 3.15% and 2.89% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology are Masters Degree, Bachelors Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Architecture and Related Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Architectural & Building Sciences & Technology. Non-resident Alien Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Algeria that hold Architecture and Related Services degrees (4.78 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (6,875 degree recipients).