Bachelor’s degree
Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies
Rice University · Rice School of Architecture · Houston, Texas, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts in Architectural StudiesBA
- Pathway
- Not classified
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- $71,140per year, 2026-2027
About this program
Major that students can elect after their second year; the school states it does not lead to a professional degree and has fewer studios than the architecture major.
Intended audience: Students who choose to study architecture in greater depth alongside other academic interests, with fewer studios.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Rice School of Architecture
- Awarding body
- Rice 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
- Bachelor’s degreeA first degree entered after secondary school.
- Pathway
- Pathway not classifiedNo source we could read states the professional status of this program. It is left unclassified rather than guessed from the degree name.
- 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
- Not published
- Studio requirements
- requires fewer studios
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Rice University (Houston)6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005
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, students entered 2024 and later; university-wide undergraduate figureTuition · mandatory | $71,140per year, 2026-2027 | All students | 19 October 2026Source |
| Undergraduate tuition, students entered prior to 2024; university-wide undergraduate figureTuition · mandatory | $65,280per year, 2026-2027 | All students | 19 October 2026Source |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Studio fees, materials, model-making, printing, software, equipment, field trips and residencies are not listed by the institution on the pages we checked; architecture students often meet such costs.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: duration, 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)