US Architecture Schools

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US Architecture Schools refer to university programs in architecture in the United States.

[edit] Professional degrees

There are three types of professional degrees in architecture in the United States: the Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture, and the Doctorate degrees — either Doctor of Architecture, Doctor of Design or Doctor of Philosophy, respectively abbreviated as "B.Arch," "M.Arch," and "D.Arch.", "D.Des." or "Ph.D." Non-professional degrees include the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (BA), Bachelor of Science in Architecture (BS), Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture (BFA Arch), and "Bachelor of Environmental Design" (B.Envd). A non-professional degree typically takes four years to complete (as opposed to five years for a Bachelor of Architecture) and may be part of the later completion of professional degree (A "4+2" plan comprises a 4-year BA and a 2-year Master of Architecture). The 5-year BArch and 6-year MArch are regarded as virtual equals in the registration and accreditation processes. There are also M.Arch programs for those with undergraduate degrees in areas outside architecture; these program typically take six or seven semester (3 or 3.5 years) to complete. Other programs (such as those offered at Drexel University, Boston Architectural College and NewSchool of Architecture and Design) combine the required educational courses with the work component necessary to sit for licensure exams. Programs such as this often afford students the ability to immediately test for licensure upon graduation, as opposed to having to put in several years working in the field after graduation before being able to get licensed, as is common in more traditional programs. There is currently an ongoing debate to upgrade the 3.5 year M.Arch title to D.Arch both for current students and retroactively for 3.5 year M.Arch graduates.

[edit] Rankings

Partial (NAAB Accredited) US undergraduate program rankings from the 2007 Design Intelligence(DI) survey. Ranking was based on a survey of 400 firms who evaluated graduates hired during the past five years and considered how prepared they were for “real-world” jobs.

1. Cornell University 2. Rice University 3. Syracuse University 4. Virginia Tech 5. Rhode Island School of Design 6. Auburn University 6. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 6. University of Kansas 9. University of Texas at Austin

10. Carnegie Mellon University 11. University of Notre Dame 12. Kansas State University 13. Illinois Institute of Technology 14. Iowa State University 14. Pratt Institute 14. University of Oregon 14. University of Southern California

Complete US graduate program rankings from the 2007 Design Intelligence(DI) survey.

1. Harvard University 2. University of Cincinnati 3. Yale University 4. MIT 5. University of Virginia 6. Cornell University 6. Rice University 6. Washington University in St. Louis 9. Columbia University 10. Virginia Tech

11. University of Pennsylvania 12. Princeton University 12. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 12. University of Texas at Austin 15. Rhode Island School of Design 16. University of Michigan 17. Southern California Institute of Architecture 17. University of Florida 19. Texas A&M University 19. University of Notre Dame