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Architecture Schools in Massachusetts

Massachusetts contains sixteen schools that offer architecture programs. Harvard University, the highest-ranking architecture school in MA, has a total student population of 27,651 and is the highest ranked school in America.

Of the 16 architecture schools in Massachusetts, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Northeastern University comes out as the most expensive ($32,703/yr), with Fitchburg State College as the lowest recorded at only $9,386/yr.

Architecture students from Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts alone, there are 870 employed landscape architects earning an average yearly salary of $76,770. Architecture and engineering employees in this state earn $80,470/yr and there are 74,270 employed.

Also, within the architecture schools in Massachusetts, the average student population is 2,580 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from architecture, there are 5364 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,075 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,628, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Architecture Programs in Massachusetts

Harvard University

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD
• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Boston University

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Northeastern University

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Wellesley College

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Hampshire College

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Environmental Design/Architecture
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Wentworth Institute of Technology

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Fitchburg State College

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Smith College

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Mount Holyoke College

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Architecture and Related Services, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bridgewater State College

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Westfield State College

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Boston Architectural College

• Architecture and related services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Architecture and Related Services, Other
  
• Environmental Design/Architecture
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Interior Architecture
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

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Massachusetts Interesting Facts

• 552 original documents pertaining to the Salem witch trials of 1692 have been preserved and are still stored by the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897.
• Although over 30 communities in the colonies eventually renamed themselves to honor Benjamin Franklin. The Massachusetts Town of Franklin was the first and changed its name in 1778.
• "Norfolk County is the birthplace of four United States presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Herbert Walker Bush."
• In Holyoke, William G. Morgan, created a new game called "Mintonette" in 1895. After a demonstration given at the YMCA in nearby Springfield, the name "Mintonette" was replaced with the now familiar name "Volleyball."

Top National Parks in Massachusetts:

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Famous State Residents:

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See Also

• Architecture Information
• Salary Details for an Architect
• Online Architecture Schools
• Online Architecture Programs
• Online Architecture Courses

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