future of architecture

rick12
Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:13:00 +0000

dec, whatever else folks may think about the teaching philosophy at ND, there is no doubt that the graduates are in high demand. There are far more practicioners of classicism than schools that teach it. Depending on the overall economy I would guess that the starting salary in 5 years for a top graduate with a BArch is going to be somewhere between $45,000 to $55,000. That would seem to be enough to handle a debt of $22,000.

Right now the market is overheated. At a large firm roundtable we attended in NY, some of the top firms in the NE were saying that they were having to pay $60,000 to get the top graduates. I do not believe that level is sustainable, but the overall starting salary has definitely gone up. Work hard, because like most of the better firms we are willing to pay a higher starting salary, but we also want the best students.

Good luck,
rick