UC Architecture, Interior Design Programs Earn High Marks Date: March 30, 2000 By: Mary Bridget Reilly Phone: (513) 556-1824 Archive: General News The year 2000 Almanac of Architecture and Design, a definitive reference source on all areas of design -- worldwide competitions, organizations, rankings and achievements including the best skylines and America's top design schools -- ranks the University of Cincinnati's interior design program as the nation's best and UC's architecture program as the third best in the U.S. The rankings were based upon surveys of professional architecture and interior design firms, posing the question, "From which schools have you had the best experience hiring employees?" UC was the number one school of choice for those in the interior design profession, followed by, among others, Cornell University, Pratt Institute and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. UC's architecture program tied for third with the University of Michigan while Cornell University and Harvard University earned the number one and two rankings respectively. Others following later on the list were Yale University, the Rhode Island School of Design, the University of Virignia, Columbia University, Princeton University and the University of Notre Dame. For more information about the almanac and its contents, go to http://www.di.net/programs_almanac.html. To find out more about the almanac's author, James Cramer, former chief executive of The American Institute of Architects and former president of the American Architectural Foundation, go to http://www.di.net/staff.html. top 15 interior design programs top 15 architecture programs 1. University of Cincinnati 1. Cornell University 2. Cornell University 2. Harvard University 3. Pratt Institute 3. University of Michigan 4. University of Texas at Austin 3. University of Cincinnati* 5. University of Massachusetts at Amherst 5. University of Pennsylvania 6. Kansas State University 6. Yale University 7. Syracuse University* 7. Rhode Island School of Design* 7. University of North Texas 7. Syracuse University 9. Arizona State University* 7. University of Virginia 9. Drexel University 10. Kansas State University* 11. Auburn University* 10. Columbia University 11. Fashion Institute of Technology 12. University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana 11. Louisiana State University 13. Pennsylvania State University* 11. Rochester Institute of Technology 13. Princeton University 11. Texas Christian University 13. University of Notre Dame An * represents a tie between schools. Thus, UC and the University of Michigan tied for third place among architecture programs while other architecture programs tied for 7th-, 10th-, and 13th-place rankings. Schools with interiior design programs similarly tied for 7th-, 9th- and 11th-place rankings. Source: Almanac of Architecture and Design