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America's Best Architecture & Design Schools 2011
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James Cramer and the Greenway Group have compiled the 2011 America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools ranking.   In it’s 12th year of publication the report is a must read for prospective students of acrhitecture.
 
Top 10 Undergraduate Architecture Schools - 2011
School, City, State

1. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
2. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
3. Rice University, Houston, Texas
4. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
4. Virginia Polytechnic institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
6. Southern California Institute of Architecture , Los Angeles, California
7. Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
9. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
9. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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America's Best Architecture & Design Schools 2011

Top 10 Graduate Architecture Schools
School, City, State

1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
3. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
4. Columbia University, New York City, New York
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
6. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
6. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
8. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9. Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
10. University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
10. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Architecture Skills Assessment:

Analysis and Planning
1. University of Michigan
2. Harvard University
3. Cornell University
4. Virginia Polytechnic Institute
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5. Yale University

Communication
1. Harvard University
2. University of Michigan
3. Yale University
4. Cornell University
5. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Construction methods and materials
1. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
2. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
3. University of Michigan
4. Lawrence Technological Univeristy
4. University of Kansas

Design
1. Harvard University
2. Southern California Institute of Architecture
3. University of Michigan
4. Cornell University
5. Yale University

Research and theory
1. Harvard University
2. University of Michigan
3. Columbia University
3. Yale University
5. University of California at Berkeley
5. Cornell University

Sustainable design practices and principles
1. University of Oregon
2. University of Michigan
3. University of California at Berkeley
4. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
5. Auburn Universit

Architecture Deans Survey

Most admired B. Arch. programs
1. Auburn University
2. Cornell University
3. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
4. University of Texas at Austin
5. Syracuse University



Most admired M. Arch. programs
1. Harvard University
2. Yale University
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4. Columbia University
5. University of Michigan

America's Best Architecture & Design Schools 2011 has been the definitive analysis of design programs across the country for more than a decade. No student, prospective student, school counselor, or hiring manager should be without it.

 Inside the 2011 edition of America's Best Architecture & Design Schools 2011:
  • Top 20 undergraduate and graduate architecture programs
  • Architecture student satisfaction surveys from 35 schools
  • Hidden gems of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and industrial design education
  • The 25 most admired architecture and design educators of 2011
  • Top 10 undergraduate and top 10 graduate interior design, landscape architecture, and industrial design programs
  • Historical rankings of leading architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and industrial design programs
  • Skills assessment rankings for each profession that name top programs for preparing recent graduates in a range of specific skills
  • Programs most admired by deans of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and industrial design
  • Directory of Leading U.S. Architecture and Design Programs
More than 2,500 students grade their satisfaction with 35 architecture programs - Pass rates for the Architect Registration Exam and Landscape Architect Registration Exam - 25 most admired design educators PLUS Historical review of top schools - Directory of leading programs - Ranking of the design professions' most pressing concerns - And more! HELPFUL AND INSIGHTFUL ARTICLES

 


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