National Rankings Place UC Design Programs at No. 1, 2 and 10
Three programs housed in the University of Cincinnatis College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) have once again pulled rank in the annual
survey of employers.
In the 2013 survey rankings, the nations design employers placed UC programs at
- No 1 in the nation: UCs undergraduate industrial design program. (Tied with Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif.) This is the second year in a row that UCs industrial design program has been ranked best in the nation.
- No. 2 in the nation: UCs undergraduate interior design program. (In a second subsurvey of interior design deans and department heads, UCs interior design program was ranked No. 1 as the most admired undergraduate interior design program.
- No. 10 in the nation: UCs graduate architecture program. Surveys and interviews that were part of the 2013 DesignIntelligence report cied UC architecture as strong in cutting-edge design.
This is the 14th year that DesignIntelligence has polled employers who have direct experience in hiring recent design graduates and asked a simple question: In your firms hiring experience in the past five years, which schools are best preparing students for success in the profession?
UC has been consistently ranked among the nations top tier design programs in every year of the survey.
- Apply to UCs undergraduate industrial design program.
- Apply to UCs undergraduate interior design program.
- Apply to UCs graduate architecture program.
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