Bachelor’s degree
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture
South Dakota State University · Architecture Program, School of Design · Brookings, South Dakota, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in ArchitectureBFA
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalStated for United States
- Format
- On campus4 years
- Tuition
- $273per credit, 2026-2027
About this program
Four-year undergraduate architecture degree whose graduates can continue to the two-year Master of Architecture, the program's accredited professional degree.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Architecture Program, School of Design
- 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
- The program page lists architect as a career only with a completed professional master's degree, and the school says its accredited professional degree is the M.Arch.“Architect (with completed professional master”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- No
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry from secondary school | four-year undergraduate degree | 120 | –Source |
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
- Credits
- 120 creditsCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Brookings main campus1175 Medary Avenue, Brookings, SD 57006
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 on-campus tuition, resident (university-wide per-credit rate)Tuition | $273per credit, 2026-2027 | Resident | 19 October 2026Source |
| Undergraduate on-campus tuition, nonresident (university-wide per-credit rate)Tuition | $396.30per credit, 2026-2027 | Nonresident | 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: full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, 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)