The 31 colleges that score highest for Architectural engineering on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
31 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 31 of 31 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $97,594 · 160 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $94,483 · 110 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Median earnings $93,710 · 56 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | Auburn University | AL | Median earnings $97,759 · 160 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $101,326 (field-wide) · 44 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | Median earnings $92,767 · 44 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | University of Colorado Boulder | CO | Median earnings $89,797 · 30 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | Illinois Institute of Technology | IL | Median earnings $93,624 (field-wide) · 14 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | University of Arizona | AZ | Median earnings $96,678 (field-wide) · 12 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | Oregon State University | OR | Median earnings $94,165 (field-wide) · 30 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | OK | Median earnings $96,048 (field-wide) · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | WI | Median earnings $88,756 · 30 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | Drexel University | PA | Median earnings $85,839 · 37 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $92,687 · 34 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | MA | Median earnings $85,112 · 21 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | NE | Median earnings $90,534 (field-wide) · 26 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | MO | Median earnings $85,754 · 38 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | Kansas State University | KS | Median earnings $91,336 · 33 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | University of Kansas | KS | Median earnings $84,319 · 24 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | IN | Median earnings $87,114 · 37 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | OK | Median earnings $90,945 (field-wide) · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | North Carolina A & T State University | NC | Median earnings $73,826 · 39 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | Farmingdale State College | NY | Median earnings $87,077 (field-wide) · 54 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Arlington | TX | Median earnings $92,546 (field-wide) · 25 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | New England Institute of Technology | RI | Median earnings $69,544 · 14 graduates last year · 9% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | University of Southern Mississippi | MS | Median earnings $82,848 · 29 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | University of Wyoming | WY | Median earnings $82,143 · 18 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | University of Hartford | CT | Median earnings $60,715 · 30 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | Weber State University | UT | Median earnings $90,413 (field-wide) · 11 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | TX | Median earnings $70,912 · 22 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Ferris State University | MI | Median earnings $54,031 · 24 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees |
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