Accreditation Information and Documents

Statement on NAAB-Accredited Degrees

In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit U.S. professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted a 6-year, 3-year, or 2-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.

Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree that, when earned sequentially, constitute an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

Kansas State University, College of Architecture Planning and Design, Department of Architecture offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs:

B. Arch. (164 undergraduate credits) (through December 2011)
M. Arch. (140 undergraduate credits + 30 graduate credits)

Next accreditation visit for all programs: 2011

From the 2009 NAAB conditions and Procedures for Professional Degree programs in Architecture. Available at http://www.naab.org/accreditation/2009_Conditions.aspx