Architecture Schools In Maryland
Maryland has 4 accredited architecture schools where architecture faculty who teach architecture classes can find employment. The following statistics and charts help analyze the current state of the architecture academic community in Maryland, and the future trends in architecture training at the following levels:
- Architecture Certificate
- Bachelors degree in Architecture
- Masters degree in Architecture
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Professional Trends
Maryland Vs. National Architecture Employment
| Maryland | 4,040 |
| National | 194,050 |
Approximately 2% of the country's architecture professionals work in Maryland state.
Employment Growth for Architecture professionals In Maryland
| 4,350 | 4,320 | 4,210 | 4,010 | 4,040 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
The number of architecture professionals is shrinking in Maryland. There were 310 less architecture professionals working in Maryland in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in Maryland, this field has shrunk by 7% in four years. This decline is slower than the change in the number of architecture professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of architecture professionals has shrunk by 16% from 2006 to 2010.
Architecture VS. All Professions salaries in Maryland
| $56,257 | $61,213 | $65,243 | $68,643 | $69,463 |
| $47,750 | $50,212 | $51,747 | $52,671 | $54,055 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Architecture
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Maryland, as the number of architecture professionals is declining, the salaries earned by architecture professionals are increasing. In 2006 architecture professionals made a mean salary of $56,257 per year, and in 2010 they made $69,463 per year.
Salary percentiles for Architecture professionals in Maryland
10th percentile |
$42,797 |
25th percentile |
$52,103 |
50th percentile |
$65,050 |
75th percentile |
$82,853 |
90th percentile |
$102,373 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 19%. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. Within the field of architecture, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid architecture professionals earning 139% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Maryland state.
Average Salaries for Architecture professionals and related professions in Maryland
Architecture |
$69,463 |
Civil Engineering |
$64,700 |
Design |
$45,840 |
Drafting |
$52,400 |
In Maryland, architecture professionals make, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Architecture programs available for each degree type for all schools in Maryland
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
4 |
master |
6 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
2 |
| Total | 12 |
As the number of architecture professionals is decreasing in Maryland state, the number of students graduating from the 4 accredited architecture schools in Maryland state is decreasing. In 2006 there were 135 architecture graduates from architecture courses in Maryland and in 2010 there were 133 graduates.
There was a decrease in the number of architecture school degree or certificate graduates in Maryland by 1%. A majority of these graduates, or 50%, graduated with an master's degree in architecture.