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Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses in architecture and architectural design, such as architectural environmental design, interior architecture/design, and landscape architecture. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Also called: Adjunct Instructor, Adjunct Professor, Architecture Professor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Faculty Member

Median pay in Greater Boston
$121,660
Jobs in Greater Boston
320
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+5.8%
50 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
Doctoral or professional degree

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$63,330$98,680$121,660$171,220$209,940

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as architectural design methods, aesthetics and design, and structures and materials.
  • Evaluate and grade students' work, including work performed in design studios.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Higher exposure78 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 81
  • Language-model AIOE 84
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 69

Observed AI use today: Little or none (Anthropic Economic Index)

AI exposure for architecture teachers is in the higher range, which means AI tools could help with some of the job's tasks. Tools could help draft syllabi, handouts, and course materials, and keep records. Observed AI use in this job is little or none so far. Leading studio critiques, guiding design thinking, and judging student work still depend on a teacher's eye and experience.

Likely to change

  • Drafting syllabi and course handouts
  • Keeping attendance and grade records

Still relies on people

  • Leading design studio critiques
  • Mentoring students on design choices

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Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

23 programs near Boston (plus 24 graduate)

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