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Which programs in the United States are best preparing students for a future in the profession? DesignIntelligence emailed architecture and interior design professionals from around the US and asked them to answer this question, using their answers to rank schools from the perspective of those with the power to hire graduates. According to the report, DesignIntelligence surveyed "a total of 2,654 hiring professionals from 1,923 professional practice organizations" in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design.
Read on to see the top ten undergraduate and graduate programs in the United States. For more information on the methodology, in-depth information on the ranked schools, and additional lists (such as rankings on schools' focus areas like communication, engineering, and design technologies), check out the full report.
Top Undergraduate
- Cornell University
- Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
- Syracuse University
- Virginia Tech
- University of Southern California
- Rice University
- University of Texas, Austin
- Southern California Institute of Architecture
- Pratt Institute
- Rhode Island School of Design
Top Graduate
- Harvard University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Yale University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Southern California
- Washington University, St. Louis
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