2025 Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Doctor's Degree Schools
2Colleges in the United States
59Doctor's Degrees
Architectural Sciences & Technology isn't the most popular doctorate program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #173 in popularity out of 306 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 59 doctor's degrees in architectural sciences & technology to qualified students.
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Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to architectural sciences & technology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of architectural sciences & technology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt architectural sciences & technology students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized architectural sciences & technology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for architectural sciences & technology students working on their doctor's degree.
The architect science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Doctor's Degree Schools.
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Architectural Sciences & Technology Related Rankings by Major
One of 8 majors within the Architecture & Related Services area of study, Architectural Sciences & Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
