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ProPEL This is a collection of links to existing quantitative and qualitative research on architectural education and its relationship to careers and higher education. Some sources are freely available while others require a purchase or membership. The ACSA does not provide or vouch for the accuracy of any non-ACSA resources.
If you are a prospective student or researcher looking for program and directory information about schools with accredited programs in architecture and other ACSA member schools, check out the ACSA’s Guide to Architectural Education, Guide to Schools, Program Directory, and Special Programs, as well as our Data Resources.
Please let us know if you have suggestions about these or other sources of data and research. You may also download this spreadsheet listing the data fields currently under available to the ACSA, in order to make more specific data analysis suggestions.
Roundup of Data on Architecture Education
ACSA Guide to Schools (interactive)
regularly updated
regularly updated
Architecture Schools, Tuition, Enrollment
ACSA Guide to Schools (interactive)
regularly updated
regularly updated
Cross Domain Data
BLS National Longitudinal Survey NLSY97 (data downloads, various resources)
1997-ongoing
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (data downloads, reports)
ongoing
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities and Income (data downloads)
2015
U.S. Data.Gov Datasets (data downloads)
Demographics
Directory of African American Architects (online directory)
ongoing
Inclusion In Architecture (report)
2015
The Missing 32% Project Equity in Architecture Survey 2014 (blog post, charts)
2014
NPR Who Had Richer Parents, Doctors or Artists? (report)
2014
Economics of Professional Practice
AIA Billings Index (report)
monthly
AIA Firm Survey Report (report, purchase)
2014
AIA Forecasts and Monthly Economic Indicators (report)
biannual
AIA Foresight Report: The Changing Context, Business, and Practice of Architecture (pdf, purchase)
2014
AIA Home Design Trends Survey (report)
quarterly
Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook: Architects (report)
biennial
Design Intelligence Multinational Design Firm Fee Survey (purchase)
2015
McGraw Hill Dodge Construction Outlook (report, purchase)
2016
McGraw Hill The Drive Toward Healthier Buildings SmartMarket (report)
2014
McGraw Hill World Green Building Trends (report)
2013
Statistics Canada’s Job Futures – architects (report)
ongoing
Statistics Canada Trends in the Architectural Services Industry (PDF)
2012
Zweig Group Information Technology Survey, 2014 (report, purchase)
2014
Higher Education and Educational Policies
AIA Billings Index (report)
monthly
AIA Firm Survey Report (report, purchase)
2014
AIA Forecasts and Monthly Economic Indicators (report)
biannual
AIA Foresight Report: The Changing Context, Business, and Practice of Architecture (pdf, purchase)
2014
AIA Home Design Trends Survey (report)
quarterly
Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook: Architects (report)
biennial
Design Intelligence Multinational Design Firm Fee Survey (purchase)
2015
McGraw Hill Dodge Construction Outlook (report, purchase)
2016
McGraw Hill The Drive Toward Healthier Buildings SmartMarket (report)
2014
McGraw Hill World Green Building Trends (report)
2013
Statistics Canada’s Job Futures – architects (report)
ongoing
Statistics Canada Trends in the Architectural Services Industry (PDF)
2012
Zweig Group Information Technology Survey, 2014 (report, purchase)
2014
Licensure and Credentials
AIA/NCARB Internship and Career Survey (pdf)
2014
LEED Professionals at a Glance (interactive)
2015, quarterly
NCARB By the Numbers (report)
annual
NCARB Practice Analysis of Architecture (pdf)
2013
Salaries, Career Outcomes
AIA Compensation Report (report, purchase)
2015
AIA Firm Survey Report (report, purchase)
2014
AIA/NCARB Internship and Career Survey (pdf)
2014
AIGA Survey of Design Salaries (report)
annual
Archinect’s Architecture Salary Poll (interactive)
ongoing
DesignIntelligence Compensation, Bonus & Benefit Survey (report, purchase)
2015
General Social Survey (reports, data)
ongoing
Georgetown University Hard Times (report, pdf)
annual
Payscale College Salary Report (report, interactives)
annual
RIBA ArchitectSalaryGuide (report)
annual
RIBA SkillsSurvey (report)
2014
Syracuse Architecture Salary Survey & Trends (report)
2014
U.S. Census Where do College Graduates Work? A Special Focus on STEM (interactive, data)
2014
Zweig Group Salary Survey of Architecture, Interior Design & Landscape Architecture Firms (report, purchase)
annual
Kendall Nicholson
Director of Research + Information
202-785-2324
knicholson@acsa-arch.org
