What is the best university for architecture?

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in what country? ucl comes out on top very consistently

The UK, excluding London.

Also consider Strathclyde, Loughborough, Newcastle, Lancaster, Oxford Brookes, Queen's (Belfast), UWE, etc.

Lancaster is currently the No.1 on my university choice list.

if ur a uk student definitely try and visit as many as you can, personally when i visited lancaster i wasnt a fan as it campus based and sorta in the middle of nowhere but it was helpful because i could figure out what type of university was more suited for me

Lancaster is currently the No.1 on my university choice list.

It's a great uni and the campus is lovely. There is a very frequent bus service (every 10 minutes or so) running between the campus and the city centre so location isn't really an issue. There's also a lot going on on campus with clubs/societies and the college bars run regular events.

What about Cardiff University? Their architect graduates have better prospects and the course does seem quite good.

I've not visited Cardiff Uni so no personal experience. It is a well-respected course. How do you know Cardiff's grads have better prospects (than who) - what is your source?

Take a look at these links and look at the figures, they are quite good (the Discover Uni link compares the wages after graduation to the rest of the country):

https://www.discoveruni.gov.uk/course-details/10007814/UFMRARCA/FullTime/
https://www.theuniguide.co.uk/cardiff-university-c15/courses/architecture-march-hons-2023-b66e829da7f8

The Cardiff page you linked to is showing results for MArch graduates, which is a part 2 course. So I would expect earnings to be higher than results for other institutions that are showing results for their part 1 courses.

There is some architecture salary info on the following site:

https://hauscareers.com/architecture-salary-guide-2/