Architecture & planning

Architectural Sciences and Technology

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$34,501Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Reported median debt$20,864Reported for this university and degree
Annual credentials awarded93Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$47,113
Same subject · national$42,682
Architecture & planning · national$44,887

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $46,087–$49,038.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of Washington-Seattle CampusArchitectural Sciences and Technology, Architecture, City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture$47,416
University of California-DavisLandscape Architecture$46,087
University of Wisconsin-MadisonLandscape Architecture$50,439
University of Maryland-College ParkArchitecture$46,087
North Carolina State University at RaleighArchitecture$49,019
Purdue University-Main CampusLandscape Architecture$46,869
University of GeorgiaLandscape Architecture$46,966
Ohio State University-Main CampusArchitecture, City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture$40,728
Clemson UniversityArchitecture, Landscape Architecture$43,037
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleArchitecture$47,260
Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusArchitecture, Landscape Architecture$52,833
Auburn UniversityArchitecture, Interior Architecture$49,097
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗