<p>Northeastern has a very strong architecture school. The director of the school is a Harvard GSD grad who is well connected in the business and academic community. The university is pouring lots of money into the program (new design studios and adding more top professors). The co-ops are also some of the best in the university (top architecture firms). If it helps, the architecture school was recently ranked in the top 25 in terms of research (same as Cornell):</p>
<p><a href=“The USA's best architecture schools in research: 2009/13”>The USA's best architecture schools in research: 2009/13;