If you plan on getting your master's degree in architectural sciences & technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #53 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 161 master's degrees in architectural sciences & technology to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
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 - How many other architectural sciences & technology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
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 easy is it for architectural sciences & technology to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
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 schools for architectural sciences & technology students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Illinois.
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It's difficult to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you want to pursue a master's degree in architectural sciences & technology. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the architect science program make about $58,636 in the first couple years of working.
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).
