Tucson, AZ (population: 551,067) has two architecture schools within its city limits. University of Arizona, the highest ranked school in the city with an architecture program, has a total student population of 38,767. It is the 834th highest ranked school in the USA and the 5th highest in the state of Arizona (#1 is Northern Arizona University). To learn more about architecture programs in Tucson, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of architecture professors at University of Arizona such as Josh Blair, Richard (Rocky) Brittain, Jeffery Brooks, Colbi Campbell, Kathleen Carleton, and Nader Chalfoun.
Architecture students from Tucson schools who go on to become architects, architecture designers, landscape architects, interior architects, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,412,730 people working as architecture and engineering employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $73,590. Also, Landscape architects make on average $65,910 per year and there are about 18,940 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Tucson area alone, there are ** employed landscape architects earning an average salary of $44,530. Architecture and engineering employees in this area earn $73,470/yr and there are 9,700 employed.
Tucson lies in Pima county, which is one of the 15 counties in Arizona. Overall, the Tucson area has 362,000 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $40,870 average annual salary. Thus, about 27 out of every 1000 jobs in Tucson are held by architecture and engineering employees, and **/1000 are held by landscape architects.
Of the 2 architecture schools in Tucson, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Center Design College-Tucson comes out as the most expensive ($35,307/yr) for architecture students, with University of Arizona as the lowest, reported at only $11,728/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Tucson |
| Sierra Vista | AZ | 44,234 | 0 | - | 0 | 55.0 miles |
| Casa Grande | AZ | 47,388 | 1 | 16.7022 | 3 | 68.8 miles |
| Maricopa | AZ | 53,723 | 0 | - | 0 | 90.0 miles |
| Gilbert | AZ | 243,090 | 0 | - | 0 | 93.1 miles |
| Chandler | AZ | 258,122 | 5 | 22.1433 | 88 | 95.1 miles |
| Mesa | AZ | 474,115 | 6 | 20.6791 | 210 | 97.8 miles |