<p>So I am going to Texas Tech next year to study Architecture and was wondering how you would rank the architecture programs in Texas?</p>
<p>I know design intelligence puts UT as the best among Texas schools, but does anyone have any other sources, like actual architects who recruit from Texas universites?</p>
<p>Anything would be good. Thanks.</p>
<p>There's eight universities that offer architecture in Texas - Rice, UT Austin, UT Arlington, UT San Antonio, Texas A&M, Texas A&M Prairie View, Texas Tech, and University of Houston.</p>
<p>-Rice and UT have very prestigious Schools of Architecture and have a great national and international reputation. Very competitive to get into, though, only about 10-12% of applicants admitted for UT's SoA and Rice itself is pretty competitive to even get into.</p>
<p>-UT Arlington has a great architecture program and most Dallas area architects recruit graduates of the school.</p>
<p>-UT San Antonio's SoA is still pretty new, not too sure about how well it is, but I could see some fresh creativity coming out of it. </p>
<p>-Texas A&M has the oldest SoA in the state, but I keep hearing conflicting arguments about the architecture department. Either way, you'll be going to a great school and get that great Aggie Network to help you after you graduate. Only drawback about A&M for me is that College Station isn't a very architecturally astounding place. </p>
<p>-Texas Tech - I assume you know about it. </p>
<p>-Prairie View and UH I don't know anything at all about, didn't even know they had an architecture department until I looked it up.</p>
<p>I'll be attending the SoA at UT Austin next year(just got accepted yesterday :D) and can't wait to get started. Good luck on your own endeavors!</p>
<p>The only one I'd heard of outside Texas was Rice, but that was years ago.</p>
<p>actually muffler, I really don't know a whole lot about Texas Tech's program and was wondering where it ranked among other architecture programs in Texas.</p>
<p>We recruit at most Texas schools except UH and UTSA, and I have been on student juries at UT Austin, UT Arlington, and Texas A&M. My personal ranking of the state schools would be;</p>
<p>1) Tie; UT Austin and Rice. Both are solid programs that attract some really bright kids. Rice has the preceptorship program and very small class sizes, but I have seen more interesting projects coming out of UT.</p>
<p>2) UT Arlington. Commuter campus, does not attract the same elite level of students as the first two, but they have a strong faculty and the students at the top of their class are consistently outstanding.</p>
<p>3) Texas Tech. The new Dean has really upgraded the program in the last few years and it seems to be a real up and coming program. In the past it was known more as a technically oriented school, but that seems to be changing.</p>
<p>4) Texas A&M. They get better students that the last two, but they just do not seem to produce outstanding work there. It is a huge program that produces a ton of students, but the undergraduate quality is not there. At the graduate level they have probably the best healthcare design program in the country.</p>
<p>With my limited experience with UTSA and UH I would place them somewhere between UTA and A&M. The other thing I would also note is that when we are recruiting, for us the best student at a mediocre school is better than a mid-level student at a top school. Among our core design staff we have 3 UTA grads, 1 UT Austin grad, and one Texas Tech grad (we fired the last Harvard grad we hired).</p>
<p>rick</p>
<p>thanks for the input rick12, that's exactly what I was looking for!</p>
<p>Thank you rick for this;</p>
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** The other thing I would also note is that when we are recruiting, for us the best student at a mediocre school is better than a mid-level student at a top school.**
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<p>Oh how I'd like to see this chiseled into the lead page of every arch program's website!</p>