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Architecture at Wisconsin

Wisconsin graduates about 24 architecture majors a year. That puts it 48th of 159 schools we score for architecture, a strong program at 68 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $64,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major.

68/100Strong#48 of 159 for architecture →
Graduates a year24under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$64,0000.96× the same major nationally
Admit rate45%whole school
SAT middle 50%1340–1510whole school

Around Wisconsin

By Babcock Hall at Linden Drive / Babcock Drive on the University of Wisconsin–M
Plaque about the first reliable test of milk quality (53939412283)Photo: Chris Rycroft from Madison, Wisconsin, United States · CC BY 2.0 · source
Babcock Hall
Babcock Hall - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source
Agricultural Heating station
Agricultural Heating station - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source

Where architecture happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 145 · Dorm 28 · Student housing 23 · Athletics 12 · Arts 7 · Chapel 6.

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Nearby in the architecture ranking

  1. New Jersey Institute of Technology 68
  2. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 68
  3. University of California San Diego 68
  4. Drexel University 68
  5. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 67
  6. The University of Oklahoma 67
  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 66
  8. Endicott College 66

Other strong majors at Wisconsin

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Wisconsin 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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