Architectural Engineering vs. Architecture (Courses/Salary)

rick12
Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:22:51 +0000

Can you make $80 to $100k per year as an architect? Yes, pretty easily. In our office you might make that 8-12 years out of school. Some specialties such as healthcare design pay even more.

What you will find is that there is a significant and growing gap between smaller and larger firms. This gap includes pay, technology, benefits, stability, etc. If you are looking for financial compensation and stability look at some of the larger firms.

You can do both design and construction documents in the same job, but you need to find a firm that is not departmentalized. Find one with a studio setup where the same team follows the project from start to finish.

As far as Texas architecture schools my ranking list starting with the best would be;

Rice
UT Austin
UT Arlington
University of Houston
Texas Tech
Texas A&M

You have lots of choices, hopefully one of them will give you a scholarship.

rick