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Architecture at UC San Diego

UC San Diego graduates about 52 architecture majors a year. That puts it 48th of 159 schools we score for architecture, a strong program at 68 out of 100.

68/100Strong#48 of 159 for architecture →
Graduates a year52under 1% of the class
Admit rate29%whole school

Around UC San Diego

Atkinson Hall at the University of California, San Diego, housing the Qualcomm I
Qualcomm InstitutePhoto: TritonsRising · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Bear
Bear (2)Photo: SheepTester · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Earl Warren College
Earl Warren College 5 2017-10-19Photo: FASTILY · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Charles Lee Powell Structural Systems Laboratory at UCSD
Charles Lee Powell Structural Systems LaboratoryPhoto: Alan Islas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where architecture happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Design & Innovation Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Student housing 63 · Academic 62 · Dorm 38 · Athletics 10 · Dining 7 · Library 5.

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Nearby in the architecture ranking

  1. University of California, Los Angeles 69
  2. Texas A&M University 68
  3. New Jersey Institute of Technology 68
  4. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 68
  5. Drexel University 68
  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison 68
  7. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 67
  8. The University of Oklahoma 67

Other strong majors at UC San Diego

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC San Diego with every school we score in architecture. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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