College with most successful architects?

BedHead
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:54:57 +0000

Without looking at the list provided by the OP, I would’ve expected the following:

Cornell tops for undergrad. (and this is certainly borne out by the list).

Harvard, Yale, Berkeley tops for grad.

I think for undergrad the important thing to remember is that some schools don’t have accreditation for educating people to be ready to be certified architects with only a bachelor’s, even though they have great architect programs. So, for instance, in California, Cal Poly puts out Bachelor of Science holders that are part of an accredited program (as does Cornell). A lot of other programs only graduate Bachelor of ARTS holders who have to go on and get experience and then in many cases an additional degree.