The annual DesignIntelligence architecture school ranking for 2020 classified the establishments according to the “most admired” rather than the “best”, for the second year in a row. The subjective classification is based on the responses of hiring professionals.

1. by Christele Harrouk
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The annual DesignIntelligence architecture school ranking for 2020 classified the establishments according
to the “most admired” rather than the “best”, for the second year in a row. The subjective classification is
based on the responses of hiring professionals.
The questionnaire revolves around 2 main questions, the first is related to a program and the second, more
pragmatic, is associated with the actual people they hired and the schools they belonged to. In fact, through
these interrogations, the survey can organize the list according to “the readiness and competence of the
graduates” and personal preferences for one type of curriculum. The study asks: "What schools do you most
admire for a combination of faculty, programs, culture, and student preparation for the profession?” and
America's Most Admired Architectural Schools 2020 Ranked
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2. “From which schools have you hired the greatest number of (undergraduate or graduate) students in the last
five years?”
The performance of graduates was evaluated according to 12 types of expertise, ranging from digital
technology skills to communication aptitudes, in order to create the top 10 for graduate and undergraduate
programs.
The Top 10 Most Admired Architecture Undergraduate Programs
1. Cornell University
2. Rhode Island School of Design
3. Rice University
4. Cooper Union
5. Syracuse University
6. Virginia Tech
7. Pratt Institute
8. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
9. University of Texas, Austin
10. SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture)
The Top 10 Most Admired Architecture Graduate Programs
1. Harvard University
2. Columbia University
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
4. Yale University
5. Cornell University
6. Princeton University
7. Rice University
8. Rhode Island School of Design
9. University of Pennsylvania
10. University of California Berkeley
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3. This year’s results highlighted some unexpected information from students, especially a 5 percent drop in
architecture undergraduate students wanting to continue graduate school, and the general desire to be self-
employed rather than joining a firm. Most students underlined also the need to do a purposeful work that
has an impact. In fact, people are searching more and more for a sense of purpose, and “working for a wage
is no longer enough motivation”.
The survey reports that “The wonder of new graduates is that they’re digital natives and comfortable with all
types, uses, and expressions of information and design technology. But what’s so o en missing is the human
necessity of e ective personal interaction. Conversational and written communication to defend and
support detailed design decisions is critical to the future of the profession, yet so many don’t possess these
basic skills.”
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4. On future predictions regarding the industry, DesignIntelligence predicts “that the line between building
design and technology design will continue to blur and that the economics of design will sharply improve as
more architecture students enter the market as free agents […] they will utterly alter the industry through
redefining the values in design, with an accompanying enhanced reward system.”
They also add that “Institutions training architects will shi their educational programming to a radically
more diverse landscape of learning. Architecture and design schools will become exponentially more
e ective when they kick down the walls between their programs and those of computer science, business,
engineering, construction management and building sciences, social sciences, and other programs.”
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5. News Architecture News Harvard MIT Princeton Rice University SCI-Arc
Pratt Institute Columbia University Cornell University University of California Berkeley
Yale University Syracuse University Ranking Virginia Tech
California Polytechnic State University Cooper Union University of Texas
Rhode Island School of Design University of Pennsylvania Architecture School
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Cite: Christele Harrouk. "America's Most Admired Architectural Schools 2020 Ranked" 28 Oct 2019. ArchDaily. Accessed 28
Oct 2019. <https://www.archdaily.com/927297/americas-most-admired-architectural-schools-2020-ranked/> ISSN 0719-
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