Architecture & Related Servicesassociate programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #37 out of the 38 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for architecture & related services students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 50 associate degrees in architecture & related services to qualified students.
DEBUG: Checking offer "Architecture (I Have a Bachelors)" with relevance 0.9
DEBUG: ✓ Offer "Architecture (I Have a Bachelors)" ACCEPTED (relevance 0.9)
DEBUG: relevant_offers count = 1
DEBUG: relevant_offers > 0, checking for ESYOH offers
DEBUG: ESYOH filtering - found 1 ESYOH offers with relevance >= 0.5
DEBUG: esyoh_offers count = 1
DEBUG: ESYOH offers found, rendering ESYOH widget
DEBUG: most_relevant_only = true, filtering for most relevant
DEBUG: Found 0 offers with relevance >= 1.0
DEBUG: Backfilling with 1 offers with relevance >= 0.9
Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on architecture & related services students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of architecture & related services students who choose to seek a associate 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 architecture & related services students go into to obtain their associate 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 architecture & related services related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for architecture & related services students working on their associate degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Architecture & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
DEBUG: Raw major_slug = "architecture-and-related-services"
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).
