Architecture and Related Services
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Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Architecture and Related Services degree recipients are Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, and Philadelphia, PA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Architecture and Related Services is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Architecture and Related Services and the types of students that study this field. University of Southern California awards the most degrees in Architecture and Related Services in the US, but American College of the Building Arts and The School of Architecture have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Architecture and Related Services.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Architecture and Related Services programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (185 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (11,437 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Architecture and Related Services, is Public, 4-year or above (11,437 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Architecture and Related Services programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of Southern California has the most Architecture and Related Services degree recipients, with 432 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Architecture and Related Services.
Out of all institutions that offer Architecture and Related Services programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, American College of the Building Arts has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Architecture and Related Services, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Architecture and Related Services by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Architecture and Related Services.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Architecture and Related Services graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Architecture and Related Services majors is $93,192 and the most common occupations are Architects, except landscape and naval, Other managers, and Other designers.
The industry that employs the most Architecture and Related Services majors is Architectural, engineering & related services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Architecture and Related Services majors is $93,192 and the most common occupations are Architects, except landscape and naval, Other managers, and Other designers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Architecture and Related Services majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Architecture and Related Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Architecture and Related Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Architecture and Related Services majors, by number of employees, are Architects, except landscape and naval, Other managers, and Other designers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Architecture and Related Services majors working as Architects, except landscape and naval, Landscape architects, and Urban & regional planners.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Architecture and Related Services majors are Surgeons, Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, and Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents.
The number of Architecture and Related Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.9%, from 386,790 in 2020 to 398,010 in 2021.
The largest single share of Architecture and Related Services graduates go on to work as Architects, except landscape and naval (25.7%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Architecture and Related Services by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Architecture and Related Services majors, by number of employees, are Architectural, engineering & related services, Construction, and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges.
The highest paying industries of Architecture and Related Services majors, by average wage, are Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers, Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers, and Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers .
The number of Architecture and Related Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.9%, from 386,790 in 2020 to 398,010 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Architecture and Related Services graduates by share is Architectural, engineering & related services, followed by Construction. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Architecture and Related Services.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Architecture and Related Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Architecture and Related Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Architecture and Related Services in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Architecture and Related Services is 44.3.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Architecture and Related Services degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Architecture and Related Services (8,049 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Architecture and Related Services. The most common ages of employees with this major are 29 and 30 years old, which represent 2.85% and 2.83% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Architecture and Related Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Architecture and Related Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Architecture and Related Services.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Architecture and Related Services for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Architecture and Related Services.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Turkey that hold Architecture and Related Services degrees (3.6 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (7,266 degree recipients).