Occupations/25-1031.00

Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses in architecture and architectural design, such as architectural environmental design, interior architecture/design, and landscape architecture. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Beyond a bachelor’s

Usually a graduate or professional degree.

AI automation risk

38%

Mixed exposure

Human characteristics

50%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

21%

More resilient

A day in this job

  • Mostly routine

    Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.

  • Task

    Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.

  • Task

    Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.

The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
  2. 02Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  3. 03Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as architectural design methods, aesthetics and design, and structures and materials.
  4. 04Evaluate and grade students' work, including work performed in design studios.
  5. 05Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  6. 06Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks1.94
  • Degree of automation1.72
  • Time sitting3.37
  • Originality (ability)3.25
  • Conflict situations2.60
  • Hands-on objects/tools2.41
  • Outdoors / weather1.97
  • Disease exposure1.23
  • Decision freedom4.67

Top abilities

  • Oral Expression4.25
  • Speech Clarity4.12
  • Written Expression4.00
  • Written Comprehension4.00
  • Oral Comprehension4.00
  • Deductive Reasoning4.00
  • Information Ordering3.88
  • Inductive Reasoning3.88

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension4.12
  • Active Listening4.00
  • Writing4.00
  • Speaking4.12
  • Mathematics2.88
  • Science2.38
  • Critical Thinking3.88
  • Active Learning3.88
  • Learning Strategies4.12
  • Monitoring3.75

CIP matches

04.0201Architecture04.0202Architectural Design04.0299Architecture, Other04.0301City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning04.0401Environmental Design/Architecture04.0402Healthcare Environment Design/Architecture04.0403Sustainable Design/Architecture04.0499Environmental Design, Other04.0501Interior Architecture04.0601Landscape Architecture04.0802Architectural Conservation04.0803Architectural Studies04.0899Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation, Other04.0902Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology04.0999Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other14.0401Architectural Engineering30.3701Design for Human Health50.0408Interior Design

Schools offering related programs

12 of 68 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

Architecture

04.0201

$14,80011%93%

1 yr —

2 yr $80,022

Master's · CIP 04.02

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA · Public

Architecture

04.0201

$13,8009%92%

1 yr $71,486

2 yr $63,005

Master's · CIP 04.02

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI · Private nonprofit

Architectural Engineering

14.0401

$48,80087%85%

1 yr $67,324

2 yr $67,420

Bachelor's · CIP 14.04

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning

04.0301

$65,40012%95%

1 yr $67,101

2 yr $63,005

Master's · CIP 04.03

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA · Public

City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning

04.0301

$8,20077%71%

1 yr $65,924

2 yr $62,012

Master's · CIP 04.03

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Architecture

04.0201

$68,2004%96%

1 yr $63,005

2 yr $63,362

Master's · CIP 04.02

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit

Architecture

04.0201

$60,1004%96%

1 yr $62,707

2 yr $62,064

Master's · CIP 04.02

New York University

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning

04.0301

$60,40012%88%

1 yr $62,012

2 yr $64,990

Master's · CIP 04.03

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit

Architecture

04.0201

$68,20012%92%

1 yr $59,901

2 yr $59,948

Master's · CIP 04.02

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA · Public

Architecture

04.0201

$12,60048%84%

1 yr $59,253

2 yr $57,995

Master's · CIP 04.02

California State University-Long Beach

Long Beach, CA · Public

Architecture

04.0201

$7,10040%74%

1 yr $59,169

2 yr $61,218

Master's · CIP 04.02

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX · Public

Architecture

04.0201

$14,60065%73%

1 yr $59,060

2 yr $58,823

Master's · CIP 04.02