USC debuts in a "Top 10 Architecture Schools" list, joining Harvard, Yale, SCI-Arc, and UCLA

2017-09-05T17:08:00-04:00

Although Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and UCLA have once again have secured their high-ranking places on the United States' Top Architecture Schools for 2018 (as compiled by Architectural Record based on surveys conducted by DesignIntelligence), the University of Southern California has made significant in-roads on the list. For the first time, USC placed in the top 10 at number five for its undergraduate programs, and number nine for its graduate programs. The surprises don't stop there. According to the survey, a higher percentage than ever of students (15%) aren't planning to take a traditional job at a private practice after they graduate, but rather are aiming to work for non-architectural corporations such as Google.

UCLA. Image: Study Abroad SWE via Flickr

Why is this? It seems the financial sacrifice that most fresh architectural graduates are expected to make for their first few working years is increasingly less attractive, especially in comparison with the relatively healthie...

Cornell, Harvard and Louisiana State top Design Intelligence's Best Architecture & Design Schools of 2016

2015-11-10T20:32:00-05:00

For every year since 2007, Cornell has held first place for undergraduate architecture (save for being supplanted by Virgina Tech in 2008 and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2014), and Harvard has consistently held first place for graduate. In the 2016 rankings for landscape architecture, Louisiana State University took the top undergraduate position, with Harvard as the #1 graduate school.

For all Design Intelligence 2016 rankings in architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and industrial design, please see the image gallery below.

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Update 9/9/2016: an earlier version of this piece incorrectly listed Cal Poly SLO as the top undergraduate program in 2016, when that spot belongs to Cornell.

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USC debuts in a "Top 10 Architecture Schools" list, joining Harvard, Yale, SCI-Arc, and UCLA

Cornell, Harvard and Louisiana State top Design Intelligence's Best Architecture & Design Schools of 2016