建築系本身又分為建築、室內建築、景觀建築等，下列前十大的排名有2010年、2009年兩大類，2009年又分為大學部及研究所的排名，而2010年的則只針對景觀建築的大學部排名，所以三者的前十大是有所不同的，故請務必要留意，不過對於將來想要攻讀建築系的學生而言，這裡還是有約20幾所的大學給您做參考。

2010年 Top 10 Undergraduate Landscape Architecture programs:

1 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2 Louisiana State University
3 Kansas State University
4 University of Georgia
5 Pennsylvania State University
6 Purdue University
7 Ball State University
8 Texas A&M University
9 Ohio State University
10 West Virginia University

2009年 Top 10 Undergraduate Architecture programs:

1. Cornell University

2. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

3. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

4. Rhode Island School of Design

4. Syracuse University

6. University of Texas at Austin

7. Carnegie Mellon University

8. Rice University

9. Boston Architectural College

10. University of Notre Dame

Top 10 Graduate Architecture programs:

1. Harvard University

2. University of Cincinnati

3. Columbia University

4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

4. Yale University

6. Cornell University

6. Washington University in St. Louis

6. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

9. University of Michigan

9. University of Texas at Austin