Tulane vs. Iowa State Architecture?

momrath
Sun, 18 Oct 2015 02:11:44 +0000

@Fergus3, You may have your own reasons for wishing to leave Tulane and transfer to Iowa State, but I don’t think that rankings should be the driving force. (And even if they were, where are you getting these rankings? Neither school makes an appearance on Design Intelligence’s 2015 Top BArch list.)

There are other factors that may influence your decision such as location and social environment.

New Orleans and Ames Iowa couldn’t be more different. You may prefer one over the other. Iowa is a big public university with 36,000 students in a midwestern college town. Tulane is a medium sized private university with 13,000 students located in a southern urban center.

Also you should think about where you might want to live and practice after you graduate. I would say that Tulane architecture has somewhat greater national name recognition than Iowa, but if you intend to settle in Iowa or a nearby state then it makes sense to study there.

So, in short, do you have any other motivation than these mysterious rankings?