As a recent graduate of clemson, undergrad not graduate, i will tell you to talk to David Allison. He is the director of the Health program and has been for a long time. Not to mention he is a great guy. I sat down with him before I graduated to ask him a bunch of questions to see if the health care program was the way I wanted to go with my career. Needless to say, he answered all of them for me. Very helpful, although I did not end up pursuing healthcare (just wasnt for me). Good luck.

Thanks aquarium... what was your overall impression of the school? Did you pursue a masters afterward? Did Clemson have good connections with firms all over the country?

David Allison. He's the BMOC for Healthcare Architecture.
Also, compared to a lot of other professors, he's an ethical and forthright guy. My perception of him is that he is a high quality educator who has the best interests of his students and the architectural profession at heart. Also, pretty accessible. I'm sure he'd give you a little bit of time. He'd be a good source for info and advice.

@ Druf: Are you also a Clemson grad? What was your overall impression of the program?

I got M. Arch is 2001 so I might be a little dated. I really enjoyed my time there. Clemson is a small town, but its a great place to go to school. You can be focused on your work (without a huge number of distractions) when its time for that, but there is enough to do to have a little fun. I'd say that the architecture students are more close knit than some other places too, which can be a good thing.

My biggest gripe with Clemson is that I think they have spread themselves a little thin with all their satellite programs (Charleston, Barcelona, Genoa). It drains some of the resources ($) from the main campus. Also, the better professors tend to seek those placements. I think the program overall would be stronger if it was less spread out all over the world.

My time there served me pretty well as an actual practitioner. If you think you are the next starchitect its probably not the place for you. But it will educate you well to be a professional. Also, the president of the university used to be the head of the architecture school, which means you don't get the shaft as a default (I don't know how many university's where this is the case).