# Architecture school in the United States

Architecture schools in the United States are university schools and colleges that aim to educate students in the field of architecture. Only about one-fifth of enrollees graduate.

## Professional degrees

There are three types of professional degrees in architecture in the United States:
* Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), typically a 5-year program
* Master of Architecture (M.Arch), typically a 2 or 3-year program
* Doctor of Architecture (D.Arch), exclusive to the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Non-professional degrees include:
* Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (BA)
* Bachelor of Science in Architecture (BS)
* Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture (BFA Arch)
* Bachelor of Environmental Design (B.Envd or B.E.D.)
A non-professional degree typically takes four years to complete and may be part of the later completion of professional degree (A "4+2" plan comprises a 4-year BA or BS in Architecture followed by a 2-year Master of Architecture). The 5-year BArch and 6-year MArch are regarded as virtual equals in the registration and accreditation processes.
A professional Bachelor of Architecture degree takes five years to complete. (There is a 3-year B.Arch program offered by Florida Atlantic University articulated with an AA degree in architecture.) There are also M.Arch programs for those with undergraduate degrees in areas outside architecture; these program typically take six or seven semesters (3 or 3+1⁄2 years) to complete.
Other programs (such as those offered at University of Cincinnati, Drexel University, Boston Architectural College and NewSchool of Architecture and Design combine the required educational courses with the work component necessary to sit for the professional licensing exams. Programs such as this often afford students the ability to immediately test for licensure upon graduation, as opposed to having to put in several years working in the field after graduation before being able to get licensed, as is common in more traditional programs.
Some architecture schools, such as Florida International University, offer the Master of Architecture degree in an accelerated five-year or six-year format without the need of a bachelor's degree. There is an ongoing debate about whether or not to upgrade the 3.5 year M.Arch title to D.Arch, both for current students and retroactively for 3.5 year M.Arch graduates.

## Rankings

Each year, the journal DesignIntelligence ranks both undergraduate and graduate architecture programs that are accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. These rankings, collectively called "America's Best Architecture & Design Schools" are obtained by surveying hundreds of practicing architecture leaders with direct and recent experience hiring and supervising architects. They are asked what programs they consider to be best preparing students for professional success overall. They are also asked to cite the programs they consider to be the best in educating and training for specific skills. These skills rankings are also published in "America's Best Architecture & Design Schools."
Founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) represents all accredited programs and their faculty across the United States and Canada, as well as nonaccredited and international affiliate members around the world. The ACSA collects detailed information from these schools for its "Guide to Architecture Schools," which exists both as a book and as a free online searchable database at archschools.org. These publications are the only complete directories of all accredited professional architecture programs in North America and are used as a reference for prospective students, graduate students, educators, administrators, counselors, and practitioners. The ACSA Guide to Architecture Schools features detailed program descriptions, an index of specialized and related degree programs, an overview of the profession of architecture and the education process, advice on how to select the right school, and scholarship and financial aid information.
In addition, "America's Best Architecture & Design Schools" each year presents Architect Registration Examination pass rates by school, a historical review of top architecture schools, how current architecture students rank their schools, and a directory of accredited programs.
These particular alphabetical lists do not compute with a DI.net average of the past decade, leaving out a series of other brilliant institutions and including others that have just recently made the lists. The following schools have consistently been ranked within the top 17 of all undergraduate architecture schools in the nation. In alphabetical order, the top 17 schools are: Auburn University, Boston Architectural College, California Polytechnic State University, Carnegie Mellon University, Cooper Union, Cornell University, Iowa State University, Pratt Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, Rice University, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Syracuse University, University of Notre Dame, University of Oregon, University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
The following schools are top 10 graduate schools, in order, according to "America's Best Architecture & Design Schools 2014": Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University tied with Rice University, University of Michigan, Kansas State University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Texas at Austin.

## List of architecture schools in the United States

| State (city) | University | School | Control | Degrees Offered | Year Founded | Website |
| Alabama (Auburn) | Auburn University | School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture | Public | BArch | 1907 | http://cadc.auburn.edu/ |
| Alabama (Tuskegee) | Tuskegee University | Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science | Private | BArch | 1881 | https://web.archive.org/web/20130709000648/http://www.tuskegee.edu/academics/colleges/school_of_architecture_and_construction_science/dept_of_architecture.aspx |
| Arizona (Tucson) | University of Arizona | College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture | Public | BArch, BLA, BSSBE, MArch, MSArch, MLA, MUP, MRED, DAP | 1885 | https://capla.arizona.edu |
| Arizona (Tempe) | Arizona State University | Herberger Institute of Design | Public | MArch | 2009 | https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/ |
| Arkansas (Fayetteville) | University of Arkansas | Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design | Public | MArch | 1946 | http://catalog.uark.edu/undergraduatecatalog/collegesandschools/fayjonesschoolofarchitecture/architecturearch/ |
| California (Riverside) | California Baptist University | College of Architecture, Visual Arts, and Design | Private | MArch | 2012 | http://cavad.calbaptist.edu/programs/architecture-program |
| California (San Diego) | NewSchool of Architecture and Design | | Private | MArch | 1980 | http://www.newschoolarch.edu |
| California (San Francisco) | Academy of Art University | School of Architecture | Private | BArch, MArch | 1929 | https://www.academyart.edu/art-degree/architecture |
| California (San Luis Obispo) | California Polytechnic State University | School of Architecture | Public | MArch | 1901 | http://www.caed.calpoly.edu/ |
| California (Pomona) | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | College of Environmental Design | Public | BArch, MArch | 1938 | https://env.cpp.edu/ |
| California (Los Angeles) | University of Southern California | School of Architecture | Private | BArch, MArch | 1914 | http://arch.usc.edu/ |
| California (Berkeley) | University of California, Berkeley | Department of Architecture | Public | MArch | 1868 | http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu |
| California (Los Angeles) | University of California, Los Angeles | Architecture and Urban Design | Public | MArch | 1919 | http://www.aud.ucla.edu |
| California (Los Angeles) | Southern California Institute of Architecture | | Private | BArch, MArch | 1972 | http://www.sciarc.edu |
| California (Los Angeles / San Diego) | Woodbury University | Woodbury University School of Architecture | Private | | 1884 | http://architecture.woodbury.edu/ |
| Colorado (Boulder/Denver) | University of Colorado | College of Architecture & Planning | Public | | 1876 | http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/ArchitecturePlanning/Pages/default.aspx |
| Connecticut (New Haven) | Yale University | School of Architecture | Private | | 1916 | http://www.architecture.yale.edu |
| Connecticut (West Hartford) | University of Hartford | College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture | Private | | 1957 | http://www.hartford.edu/ceta/graduate/master-of-architecture/default.aspx |
| District of Columbia; Washington, D.C. | University of the District of Columbia | College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability & Environmental Sciences | Public | | 1851 | http://www.udc.edu/causes/programs/%5B‍%5D |
| District of Columbia; Washington, D.C. | The Catholic University of America | School of Architecture and Planning | Private | | 1887 | https://architecture.catholic.edu/ |
| Florida (Fort Lauderdale) | Florida Atlantic University | School of Architecture | Public | BArch | 1961 | http://fau.edu/arch |
| Florida (Miami/ University Park) | Florida International University | Department of Architecture | Public | | 1965 | http://carta.fiu.edu/architecture/ |
| Florida (Miami) | University of Miami | School of Architecture | Private | | 1981 | http://arc.miami.edu/ |
| Florida (Tampa) | University of South Florida | School of Architecture and Community Design | Public | | 1985 | http://www.arch.usf.edu/ |
| Florida (Tallahassee) | Florida A&M University | School of Architecture | Public | | 1887 | http://www.famu.edu/Architecture |
| Florida (Gainesville) | University of Florida | School of Architecture | Public | | 1925 | https://web.archive.org/web/20110929082513/http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/arch/ |
| Georgia (Atlanta) | Georgia Institute of Technology | College of Architecture | Public | | 1908 | http://coa.gatech.edu/ |
| Georgia (Atlanta) | Kennesaw State University | College of Architecture and Construction Management | Public | | 1963 | http://cacm.kennesaw.edu/ |
| Georgia (Savannah) | Savannah College of Art and Design | School of Building Arts | Private | | 1978 | https://www.scad.edu/academics/programs/architecture |
| Hawaii (Manoa) | University of Hawaii at Manoa | School of Architecture | Public | MArch, DArch | 1907 | http://www.arch.hawaii.edu/ |
| Idaho (Moscow) | University of Idaho | College of Art & Architecture | Public | | 1889 | http://www.uidaho.edu/caa |
| Illinois (Chicago) | Illinois Institute of Technology | College of Architecture | Private | | | http://www.iit.edu/arch |
| Illinois (Chicago) | The School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects | Private | | 1866 | http://www.saic.edu/aiado/ |
| Illinois (Chicago) | University of Illinois at Chicago | College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts | Public | | 1982 | http://cada.uic.edu/ |
| Illinois (Elgin) | Judson University | | Private | MArch | | https://www.judsonu.edu/academics/architecture-department/ |
| Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) | University of Illinois | School of Architecture | Public | | 1870 | https://arch.illinois.edu/ |
| Indiana (Columbus) | Indiana University | Irwin Miller Architecture Program | Public | | 2018 | https://soaad.indiana.edu/graduate/march.html |
| Indiana (Muncie) | Ball State University | Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning | Public | | 1965 | http://www.bsu.edu/cap |
| Indiana (Notre Dame) | University of Notre Dame | School of Architecture (for traditional architecture and urbanism) | Private | | 1898 | http://architecture.nd.edu/ |
| Iowa (Ames) | Iowa State University | Department of Architecture | Public | | | http://www.design.iastate.edu/architecture/ |
| Kansas (Lawrence) | The University of Kansas | School of Architecture and Design | Public | | 1912 | http://www.sadp.ku.edu/ |
| Kansas (Manhattan) | Kansas State University | College of Architecture, Planning & Design | Public | | | http://k-state.edu |
| Kentucky (Lexington) | University of Kentucky | School of Architecture | Public | | | http://www.uky.edu/design/index.php/info/category/architecture/ |
| Louisiana (Lafayette) | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | School of Architecture | Public | | 1942 | http://soad.louisiana.edu/ |
| Louisiana (New Orleans) | Tulane University | School of Architecture | Private | | 1894 | https://web.archive.org/web/20110415000112/http://architecture.tulane.edu/home/ |
| Louisiana (Ruston) | Louisiana Tech University | School of Design | | | |
| Maine (Augusta) | University of Maine at Augusta | Department of Architecture | Public | | | http://www.uma.edu/academics/programs/architecture/ |
| Maryland (College Park) | University of Maryland | School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation | Public | | | http://arch.umd.edu/ |
| Maryland (Baltimore) | Morgan State University | School of Architecture and Planning | Public | | | http://www.morgan.edu/sap |
| Massachusetts (Amherst) | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Department of Architecture + Design | Public | | | http://www.umass.edu/architecture/ |
| Massachusetts (Boston) | Boston Architectural College | School of Architecture, School of Interior Design Architecture, Landscape Design School & School of Design Studies | Private | | 1889 | http://the-bac.edu/ |
| Massachusetts (Boston) | Northeastern University | School of Architecture | Private | | 1898 | https://web.archive.org/web/20181204171532/http://www.architecture.neu.edu/ |
| Massachusetts (Boston) | Wentworth Institute of Technology | College of Architecture, Design & Construction Management | Private | | 1904 | https://web.archive.org/web/20131012020128/http://www.wit.edu/arch/index.html |
| Massachusetts (Cambridge) | Harvard University | Graduate School of Design | Private | | 1936 | http://www.gsd.harvard.edu |
| Massachusetts (Boston) | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Department of Architecture | Public | | 1873 | http://www.massart.edu |
| Massachusetts (Cambridge) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Department of Architecture | Private | | 1865 | http://architecture.mit.edu |
| Michigan (Ann Arbor) | University of Michigan | Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning | Public | | | http://www.tcaup.umich.edu/ |
| Michigan (Berrien Springs) | Andrews University | School of Architecture & Interior Design | Private | MArch | | https://www.andrews.edu/said/architecture |
| Michigan (Detroit) | University of Detroit Mercy | School of Architecture | Private | | 1877 | http://architecture.udmercy.edu/ |
| Michigan (Southfield) | Lawrence Technological University | College of Architecture and Design | Private | | | http://onlinedegrees.ltu.edu/online-programs/college-of-architecture-and-design/online-master-of-architecture/ |
| Michigan (Grand Rapids) | Ferris State University | Kendall College of Art and Design | Public | | | https://www.kcad.edu/programs/graduate/m-arch/ Archived 2019-02-01 at the Wayback Machine |
| Minnesota (Minneapolis) | University of Minnesota | College of Design, School of Architecture | Public | | | http://arch.design.umn.edu/ |
| Mississippi (Starkville) | Mississippi State University | School of Architecture | Public | | | http://www.caad.msstate.edu/caad_web/sarc/home.php |
| Missouri (St. Louis) | Washington University in St. Louis | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts - College of Architecture | Private | | 1910 | https://web.archive.org/web/20110910141151/http://bulletin.wustl.edu/architecture/; http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/node/4099 |
| Missouri (Springfield) | Drury University | Hammons School of Architecture | Private | | 1984 | http://www.drury.edu/architecture |
| Montana (Bozeman) | Montana State University – Bozeman | School of Architecture | Public | | | http://arch.montana.edu/ |
| Nebraska (Lincoln) | University of Nebraska–Lincoln | College of Architecture | Public | | | http://architecture.unl.edu |
| Nevada (Las Vegas) | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | School of Architecture | Public | | | https://www.unlv.edu/architecture |
| New Jersey (Union) | Kean University | Michael Graves College, School of Public Architecture (SoPA) | Public | | 1855 | https://www.kean.edu/academics/michael-graves-college-architecture-and-design/school-public-architecture/ |
| New Jersey (Newark) | New Jersey Institute of Technology | College of Architecture and Design | Public | | | http://design.njit.edu/ |
| New Jersey (Princeton) | Princeton University | School of Architecture | Private | | | http://soa.princeton.edu |
| New Mexico (Albuquerque) | University of New Mexico | School of Architecture and Planning | Public | | | http://saap.unm.edu// |
| New York (Alfred) | College of Technology at Alfred State, The State University of New York | The School of Architecture, Management and Engineering Technology | Public | | 1908 | http://www.alfredstate.edu/ |
| New York (Buffalo) | University at Buffalo, The State University of New York | University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning | Public | | 1968 | http://ap.buffalo.edu/ |
| New York (Ithaca) | Cornell University | College of Architecture, Art, and Planning | Private | BArch, MArch | | http://www.aap.cornell.edu/arch/ |
| New York (New York City) | City University of New York/The City College | The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture | Public | BArch, MArch | 1969 | http://ssa1.ccny.cuny.edu |
| New York (New York City) | New York City College of Technology | School of Technology & Design | Public | BArch | | https://www.citytech.cuny.edu/architectural/ |
| New York (New York City) | Columbia University | School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation | Private | BArch, MArch | 1881 | http://www.arch.columbia.edu/ |
| New York (New York City) | Cooper Union | The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture | Private | BArch | | http://www.cooper.edu/architecture |
| New York (New York City) | The New School | Parsons School of Design | Private | MArch | | http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/constructed-environments-school-sce/ |
| New York (New York City) | New York Institute of Technology | Department of Architecture | Private | BArch, MArch | | https://www.nyit.edu/architecture |
| New York (New York City) | Pratt Institute | School of Architecture | Private | BArch, MArch | | http://www.pratt.edu/academics/architecture/ |
| New York (Syracuse) | Syracuse University | School of Architecture | Private | | | http://www.soa.syr.edu |
| New York (Troy) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | School of Architecture | Private | | 1824 | http://www.arch.rpi.edu/ |
| North Carolina (Raleigh) | North Carolina State University | The School of Architecture | Public | | | https://design.ncsu.edu/academics/architecture |
| North Dakota (Fargo) | North Dakota State University | Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | Public | | | http://ala.ndsu.edu/ |
| Ohio (Cincinnati) | University of Cincinnati | School of Architecture and Interior Design | Public | | 1869 | http://daap.uc.edu/academics/said.html |
| Ohio (Columbus) | Ohio State University | Knowlton School of Architecture | Public | | | http://knowlton.osu.edu/ |
| Ohio (Kent) | Kent State University | College of Architecture and Environmental Design | Public | | | http://www.kent.edu/caed/ |
| Ohio (Oxford) | Miami University | College of Creative Arts | Public | | 1929 | http://miamioh.edu/cca/academics/departments/arch-id/about/history/index.html |
| Oklahoma (Norman) | University of Oklahoma | College of Architecture | Public | | 1926 | http://www.ou.edu/architecture.html |
| Oklahoma (Stillwater) | Oklahoma State University | School of Architecture | Public | | 1909 | http://architecture.okstate.edu |
| Oregon (Portland) | Portland State University | School of Architecture | Public | | | https://www.pdx.edu/architecture |
| Oregon (Eugene) | University of Oregon | Department of Architecture | Public | | | http://architecture.uoregon.edu/ |
| Pennsylvania (Scranton) | Marywood University | School of Architecture | Private | BEDA, BArch, BIA, BSCM, BVA, MArch, MIA | 1915 | https://www.marywood.edu/academics/architecture |
| Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) | Carnegie Mellon University | School of Architecture | Private | | | http://www.cmu.edu/architecture/ |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | Thomas Jefferson University | College of Architecture and the Built Environment | Private | | | http://www.PhilaU.edu/architectureandthebuiltenvironment/ |
| Pennsylvania (State College) | Pennsylvania State University | College of Arts and Architecture | Public | | 1910 | http://stuckeman.psu.edu/arch |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | Temple University | Tyler School of Art: Division of Architecture & Environmental Design | Public | | | https://tyler.temple.edu/programs/architecture |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | University of Pennsylvania | Stuart Weitzman School of Design | Private | | 1868 | http://www.design.upenn.edu |
| Rhode Island (Providence) | Rhode Island School of Design | Department of Architecture | Private | BArch, MArch | 1877 | http://www.risd.edu |
| Rhode Island (Bristol) | Roger Williams University | School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation | Private | | | https://www.rwu.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges/saahp |
| South Carolina (Clemson) | Clemson University | School of Architecture | Public | | | http://www.clemson.edu/caah/departments/architecture/ Archived 2016-11-29 at the Wayback Machine |
| South Dakota (Brookings) | South Dakota State University | Department of Architecture | Public | | | https://www.sdstate.edu/architecture |
| Tennessee (Knoxville) | University of Tennessee | College of Architecture and Design | Public | | 1965 | http://archdesign.utk.edu/ |
| Tennessee (Memphis) | University of Memphis | Department of Architecture | Public | | | http://www.memphis.edu/architecture/ |
| Texas (Arlington) | University of Texas at Arlington | School of Architecture | Public | | | http://www.uta.edu/cappa/academics/architecture/ |
| Texas (Austin) | University of Texas at Austin | School of Architecture | Public | | 1948 | http://www.soa.utexas.edu/ |
| Texas (College Station) | Texas A&M University | Texas A&M College of Architecture | Public | | 1905 | http://www.arch.tamu.edu/ |
| Texas (Houston) | Rice University | School of Architecture | Private | | | http://architecture.rice.edu/ |
| Texas (Houston) | University of Houston | Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture | Public | | | http://www.arch.uh.edu |
| Texas (Lubbock) | Texas Tech University | College of Architecture | Public | | | https://www.depts.ttu.edu/architecture/ |
| Texas (Prairie View) | Prairie View A&M University | School of Architecture | Public | | 1876 | https://www.pvamu.edu/soa/ |
| Texas (San Antonio) | University of Texas at San Antonio | Department of Architecture | Public | | | http://cacp.utsa.edu/academic-programs/department-of-architecture/category/graduate-programs/ |
| Utah (Salt Lake City) | University of Utah | College of Architecture and Planning | Public | | | http://www.arch.utah.edu |
| Vermont (Northfield) | Norwich University | School of Architecture+Art | Private | | 1819 | https://web.archive.org/web/20161221004318/http://profschools.norwich.edu/architectureart/architecture/ |
| Virginia (Charlottesville) | University of Virginia | School of Architecture | Public | BA | | http://www.arch.virginia.edu/ |
| Virginia (Blacksburg) | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | College of Architecture and Urban Studies (Now College of Architecture, Arts, and Design) | Public | BArch,MArch, MS, PhD | 1964 | https://arch.vt.edu/ |
| Virginia (Hampton) | Hampton University | School of Engineering and Technology | Private | | | http://architecture.set.hamptonu.edu |
| Washington (Seattle) | University of Washington | College of Built Environments | Public | | | http://arch.be.washington.edu/ |
| Washington (Pullman) | Washington State University | The School of Design and Construction | Public | | | http://sdc.wsu.edu/architecture/program-info/m-arch/ |
| Wisconsin (Milwaukee) | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | School of Architecture & Urban Planning | Public | BArch, MArch | | https://uwm.edu/sarup/ |