Bachelor’s degree
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (B.A.)
Carnegie Mellon University · Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts in ArchitectureBA
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalStated for United States
- Format
- On campus4 years
- Tuition
- $69,702per year, 2026-27
About this program
Four-year non-professional architecture degree that allows double majors and interdisciplinary study.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
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
- Bachelor’s degreeA first degree entered after secondary school.
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalA first stage. The source says further study or a further qualification is needed before registration or licensure.
- Why we classify it this way
- Page describes the B.A. as a 4-year pre-professional degree.“is a 4-year pre-professional degree program that allows and encourages interdisciplinary exploration.”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
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.
No accreditation, validation or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 4 years
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Pittsburgh campus
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
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.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate tuition, first-years entering Fall 2026 (university cost table; the page does not list an architecture-specific rate)Tuition | $69,702per year, 2026-27 | First-Years Entering Fall 2026 | 19 October 2026Source |
| Technology fee, undergraduate (university-wide)Other compulsory charge · mandatory | $490per year, 2026-27 | First-Years Entering Fall 2026 | 19 October 2026Source |
Calculated tuition total: $278,808 (All students). Calculated from published annual tuition for 2026-27 x 4 years. It assumes no fee changes and excludes studio, materials, printing, software and other charges.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, whether a previous architecture degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
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)