Design Industry Professionals Rank Pratt Design Programs in Country’s Top 10

Rankings Show Industrial Design, Interior Design, and Architecture Programs Among Nation's Best

L-R: A student at work in the Department of Industrial Design; a student presenting designs in the Department of Interior Design; a student at work in Pratt's School of Architecture The monthly architecture and design journal DesignIntelligence has ranked Pratt's undergraduate and graduate programs in interior design third in the country. Additionally, Pratt's graduate industrial design program ranked seventh, undergraduate industrial design program ranked ninth, and undergraduate architecture program ranked 10th in the nation. The rankings are based on surveys completed by professionals in architecture and design firms.

For the last six years, Pratt's design programs have consistently been ranked among the top 10 in the nation. Participants in the Deans' Survey conducted by DesignIntelligence found that Pratt's graduate interior design program is among the most admired in the country, and ranked the program first for its "design quality, professional student work, and creative thinking."
 

"Pratt excels at preparing students for the professional art and design world, which is something that the DesignIntelligence rankings consistently reflect," says Concetta M. Stewart, Ph.D., dean of the School of Art and Design. "Graduates of our design programs approach the world in a very hands on, practical way that is constantly informed by critical thinking and problem solving."

DesignIntelligence also included two Pratt alumni in their 2012 Leadership Index, which is a sampling of industry leaders in award-winning firms. The alumni include Leland D. Cott (B. Arch. ’63), founding principal of Bruner/Cott & Associates, and Malcolm Holzman (B. Arch. '66), partner at Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture.

"It's no surprise that DesignIntelligence has included Pratt alumni on its list of industry leaders because our graduates continually make great strides at some of the top architecture firms in the world," says Thomas Hanrahan, dean of Pratt's School of Architecture.

The rankings are part of the publication’s 2012 "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools" issue, which has been published annually since 2000. 

Text: Amy Aronoff
Photos: Bob Handelman  

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It's weird how I attained a similar quality education and a Bachelors Degree at nearby SUNY's Fashion Institute of Technology Interior Design program in Manhattan at a fraction of what it would cost to attend Pratt. FIT's curriculum is similar, if not better than Pratt's where ID student at FIT learn AutoCAD early on in comparison to Pratt students who learn it later in their college years. I read an article online that FIT's ID program is one of the best in the world, comparing it to various schools throughout Asia and Europe, including Italy and France. Where does Design Intelligence, well, get their INTELligence? Is it Ironic that during my four years of Interior Design (really Interior Architecture) at SUNY's FIT, that I realized that about 70% of my instructors, including the ID department head/dean, are all PRATT trained and graduated Architects...Weird isn't it?

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