Once again, the School of Architecture + Design’s programs have been recognized in the most recent professional design education rankings by DesignIntelligence, which publishes the only national college rankings focused exclusively on architecture and design.

For 2017-18, Virginia Tech’s undergraduate Architecture program is ranked 4th in the nation, ranking in the top five for eleven of the last twelve years. In a survey of deans and chairs of the schools of architecture and design, the undergraduate Architecture program is recognized as the 3rd most admired program nationally. The graduate Architecture program is ranked 11th in the nation. Professionals rated the architecture programs #2 nationally in the area of Construction methods & materials, #3 in Engineering fundamentals, and in the top ten in Communication and presentation skills, Design technologies (BIM, AI, VR, AR, etc.), Interdisciplinary studies, Project planning and management, and Practice management. (Architectural Record article...)

The undergraduate Interior Design program is ranked 5th nationally. The undergraduate Landscape Architecture program is ranked 15th in the nation.

This year's list of the "25 Most Admired Educators" in Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture includes three Virginia Tech Architecture + Design faculty members:

The 2017-18 DesignIntelligence rankings are based on survey responses from 2,654 hiring professionals from 1,923 U.S. firms and organizations employing architecture, design, and landscape architecture professionals that were asked, “From your hiring experience during the last five years, which of the following undergraduate/graduate schools [from a list of NAAB, LAAB, or CIDA accredited programs] are best preparing students for a future in the profession?” The firms were also queried about additional issues, such as how programs rate in teaching various skills. In addition to the school rankings by professionals, 215 deans and chairs from 111 academic programs in architecture, interior design and landscape architecture participated in this year’s surveys, and 4,359 architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design students completed satisfaction surveys about their education, the data from which is presented separately from the practitioner rankings.

Source: “America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools 2017-18,” DesignIntelligence Quarterly, Vol. 23, Third Quarter, 2017.

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Past rankings: 2016-17, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004