New Jersey·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-1031

Best Architecture Teacher, Postsecondary programs in New Jersey, ranked by enrollment

Teach courses in architecture and architectural design, such as architectural environmental design, interior architecture/design, and landscape architecture.

9 schools in New Jersey run programs that feed this job, graduating 444 people a year. The job pays a median of $83,620 in New Jersey across about 330 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledProfessorAssistant ProfessorAssociate ProfessorArchitecture ProfessorLecturerInstructorFaculty MemberAdjunct Professor
Graduates / yr
444
in New Jersey
Median pay · New Jersey
$83,620
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
330
people employed
Schools
9
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
57%
across those schools
Median net price
$23,170
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in New Jersey that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

7 programs in New Jersey that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in New Jersey (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own New Jersey page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1185
41.7%
3$48,514$27,000
2111
25.0%
5$31,611$26,000
379
17.8%
3$47,542$27,000
431
7.0%
2$42,824$25,237
528
6.3%
1$53,098$27,000
69
2.0%
1$40,176$22,844
71
0.2%
1$40,176$22,844

Top 9 schools in New Jersey

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 3 of the 9 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ Public · 2 feeder programs
149Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology$48,96173%65%
2Kean University
Union, NJ Public · 3 feeder programs
90Architecture47%76%
3Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ Public · 3 feeder programs
59Landscape Architecture$44,45984%58%
4Princeton University
Princeton, NJ Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
55Architecture98%$13,7295%
5Berkeley College - Woodland Park
Woodland Park, NJ Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
38Interior Design$27,93744%$23,170
6Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, NJ Public · 2 feeder programs
35Architecture30%
7Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
9City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning67%78%
8Raritan Valley Community College
Branchburg, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
8Interior Design31%
9UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey
Cranford, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
1Environmental Design, Other35%

All 9 schools in New Jersey

Every school in New Jersey with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in New Jersey that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewarkPublic1492
Kean UniversityUnionPublic903
Rutgers University - New BrunswickNew BrunswickPublic593
Princeton UniversityPrincetonPrivate not-for-profit552
Berkeley College - Woodland ParkWoodland ParkPrivate for-profit381
Brookdale Community CollegeLincroftPublic352
Rowan UniversityGlassboroPublic91
Raritan Valley Community CollegeBranchburgPublic81
UCNJ Union College of Union County, New JerseyCranfordPublic11

What architecture teachers, postsecondary earn in New Jersey

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in New Jersey
$83,620
Mean annual
$93,990
Jobs in state
330
What the range looks like
10th pct$50,350Median$83,62090th pct$133,590
Versus the national median
-13.7%

U.S. median $96,870. New Jersey pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.54×

Concentrated here: New Jersey employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+2.0%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
900
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
200
11,600 → 11,900
Typical entry education
Doctoral or professional degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary page.

How to become a Architecture Teacher, Postsecondary

Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above
Typical entry education
Doctoral or professional degree

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

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The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in New Jersey

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 18 majors mapped to Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary17 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 04.0201Architecture
  • 04.0202Architectural Design
  • 04.0299Architecture, Other
  • 04.0301City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • 04.0401Environmental Design/Architecture
  • 04.0402Healthcare Environment Design/Architecture
  • 04.0403Sustainable Design/Architecture
  • 04.0499Environmental Design, Other
  • 04.0501Interior Architecture
  • 04.0601Landscape Architecture
  • 04.0802Architectural Conservation
  • 04.0803Architectural Studies
  • 04.0899Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation, Other(no graduates reported)
  • 04.0902Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • 04.0999Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • 14.0401Architectural Engineering
  • 30.3701Design for Human Health
  • 50.0408Interior Design

Common questions

Answers for people weighing architecture teachers, postsecondary programs in New Jersey.

What degree do you need to become an Architecture Teacher, Postsecondary?+

Doctoral or professional degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology, which awarded 185 degrees in New Jersey in 2024-25, 41.7% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Architecture Teacher, Postsecondary?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 7 programs to this occupation. The largest are Architectural Sciences and Technology, Design and Applied Arts, Architecture, City/Urban, plus 2 more. Together they graduate about 444 people a year in New Jersey.

How much do architecture teachers, postsecondary earn in New Jersey?+

The median is $83,620 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 13.7% below the U.S. median of $96,870. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for architecture teachers, postsecondary growing?+

BLS projects a +2.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in New Jersey?+

9 institutions in New Jersey reported graduates from at least one of the 7 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do architecture teachers, postsecondary work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Professor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Architecture Professor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-1031.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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