Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
Pratt Institute
University of Southern California (USC)
Tulane University
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Temple University
University of Oregon
Cranbrook Academy of Art
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Kansas State University
UBC, UT, Oregon or Tulane?
UT is the least expensive because I am Texan, but there are many factors to consider.
Please help!
Any other major life decisions you want anonymous internet forum members to answer?
based on the priorities you've described and my assumptions about you, UBC. Canada is the Texas of countries! (2nd biggest!)
Have you checked out the cost of living in Vancouver? It is going up by the second like the Federal deficit clock. Then there is the $21,000 a year tuition. A degree from Texas is at least as good as Tulane and Oregon. Unless you want to flagellate yourself financially for much of your working life, go to Austin.
Just try not to get shot at while you are there.
The crime rate in New Orleans is one hell of a lot higher than Austin, Texas.
A Texan in British Columbia?
Better leave those pistols and imperial system at the border.
I am Texan who would prefer to be a Canadian, but I do not want to live in my whole life in debt. Does anyone know how much a starting architect could make in a large firm coming from UT, or coming from UBC? Could I get a better job in Canada from UBC, and pay off my debt more quickly?
^way too many variables to give you any useful answers and remember, Canadian licensing procedures, code standards and "university prestige" is different than the american ones.
If you want to live and work in Canada, probably better to have an education that matches the country. At the very least, you won't be bogged down by silly feetsies and milesies and the examination process is far more simple up here. Job wise, in the end, it's the quality of the portfolio and the job applicable skills you develop that will get you jobs. The name on the degree is secondary at first and quickly becomes irrelevant once you have experience.
Vancouver has a lot of big architectural firms like Bing Thom, HCMA, MGA, omb, Patkau, etc... You can apply there after you are graduated from UBC. The advantage of UBC is that it's the only school that offers m.arch degree in the whole province, so u wont have a problem getting a job.
Take it for what it's worth, but I've noticed far more Dal and UofT grads working in Vancouver firms than UBC grads...
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