Master’s degree
Master of Architecture (ASU Online)
Arizona State University · The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts · No campus · institution based in United States
- Official award
- Master of ArchitectureMArch
- Pathway
- ProfessionalStated for United States
- Format
- Online20 classes; 78 credit hours (3-year track)
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Online delivery of the NAAB-listed Master of Architecture: 20 classes of 7.5-15 weeks, 78 credit hours on the page's quick facts, with four 3-credit electives.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
- Awarding body
- Arizona State University
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Master’s degreeA postgraduate degree. Entry requirements differ widely: some accept graduates of any subject, others require a prior architecture degree.
- Pathway
- Professional pathwayThe program itself is a professionally accredited or validated degree in the stated jurisdiction, as shown by the source quoted on the page. Further steps are normally still required before registration.
- Why we classify it this way
- ASU states the program is offered in two modalities leading to the same NAAB-accredited professional degree.“providing further opportunities for you to earn the same National Architectural Accrediting Board-accredited professional degree”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Depends on route
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Yes
- Further professional requirements
- ASU's licensure-preparing programs are designed to meet Arizona requirements and may not fulfil requirements in other states.Source
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prior architecture degree (advanced standing) | 2-year track (pre-professional degree + 54 graduate credits) | 54 | undergraduate degree in architectureSource |
| Prior degree in another subject | 3-year track (non-pre-professional degree + 78 graduate credits) | 78 | undergraduate degree in a field other than architectureSource |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
Stated by the schoolNational Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)Program accreditationFull statusUS
Scope: The school states that the NAAB-accredited M.Arch 2-year and 3-year tracks are offered in two modalities, in-person and online. The NAAB directory listing found carries no separate delivery-method entry (approvedDeliveryMethodTypeList is empty and distanceLearning is false), so the online modality is school-stated only.
Further requirements: Confirm the online modality's NAAB status with NAAB directly.
Study structure
- Delivery
- OnlineAcademic instruction is fully online. Check the details for campus visits, in-person assessment and synchronous attendance.
- Online instruction
- Fully online academic instruction
- Campus studio required
- Not published
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- State authorization
- Licensure-preparing programs are designed to meet Arizona's requirements; completing an ASU program may not fulfill educational requirements for licensure in other states.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 20 classes; 78 credit hours (3-year track)
- Credits
- 78 credit hoursCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Intakes
- 08/19/2027
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Published language requirements
- proof of English proficiency for applicants whose native language is not English
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio required
- Interview
- Not published
- Academic prerequisites
- minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA in the last 60 hours of the bachelor's program
- Documents
- graduate application and fee, official transcripts, personal statement, portfolio of creative work, resume/CV, two letters of recommendation
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, printing, software, equipment and field-trip costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)