And The Best US Architecture Schools For 2015 Are...

This post originally appeared on ArchDaily. by Katie Watkins

The Trays at Harvard GSD. Image © Kris Snibbe/Harvard University News Office

DesignIntelligence has released their 2015 rankings of the Best US Architecture Schools for both undergraduate and graduate programs. Over 1,400 professional practice organizations were surveyed and asked to respond to the question: “In your firm’s hiring experience in the past five years, which of the following schools are best preparing students for success in the profession?” In addition, more than 3,800 architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and industrial design students were also surveyed about their education, in data presented separately from the rankings.

However, perhaps more enlightening than the ranking itself are the firms’ responses to several additional issues raised in the report. For example, 54.6% of the firms surveyed selected sustainability and climate change as the professions’ biggest concern, while maintaining design quality was a close second. Firms also provided insights on the most important qualities of new graduates entering the workplace, with an overwhelming 70.1% selecting attitude/personality as the most important attribute.

Read on after the break for the Top 10 undergraduate and graduate programs.

Milstein Hall Exterior View From University Avenue. Image Courtesy of Cornell University

BEST UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS

1. Cornell University2. California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo3. Rice University4. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University5. Syracuse University6. University of Texas at Austin7. Rhode Island School of Design8. Southern California Inst. of Architecture9. Pratt Institute10. University of Southern California

Yale Art + Architecture Building. Image © Peter Aaron:Esto

BEST GRADUATE SCHOOLS

1. Harvard University2. Columbia University3. Yale University4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5. Cornell University6. University of Michigan7. Rice University7. University of Pennsylvania9. University of Virginia10. University of California, Berkeley10. Washington University in St. Louis

The full report, which includes the top 20 graduate and undergraduate programs as well as additional analysis and insight, is available from DesignIntelligence.

Cite: Watkins, Katie."And the Best US Architecture Schools for 2015 Are…" 03 Nov 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed 10 Nov 2014.

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