<p>I would like to follow up on my own thread having just attended Kent State’s Architecture admissions program. The facilities themselves are nothing special. Year 1 and 2 students share the same studio, Taylor Hall, which is a pretty nice studio with really no walls, just windows all throughout the room, providing great lighting. 3rd year students have their own studio in a factory style building and 4th year students have their own studio, by far the best of the three. The program itself is clearly the class of the University. Probably the most impressive aspect of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design is the Degree’s they offer, something that to my knowledge no other school in the country offers . After completing a 4 year BArch, you then re-apply into the Graduate program. The graduate program offers 4 different degree’s: MArch and MUD (Masters in Urban Design) or two dual degrees MArch/MBA or MArch/MUD. This is what makes the program truly distinct, and it was their primary selling point, and I’ll be honest It’s a good selling point. The MArch/MBA and March/MUD both take 2 years to complete with the MArch/MUD requiring a semester in Florence, Italy. The Program also has boasting rights in that the Graduate students taking the Architecture Licensing Test have scored above the nation average for 25 consecutive years, including just 2 years ago when they were #1, that’s above Harvard, MIT, and Cornell Grads. Overall the College of Architecture and Environmental design is quite impressive and should be on anyone’s list looking for an outstanding architecture program that can easily go under looked.</p>