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outstanding
professional faculty
Pratt’s faculty includes award-
winning artists, architects, designers,
and writers—primarily practicing
professionals who ensure that what is
taught is current and that the standards in
the classroom reflect professional practice.
Students are frequently connected
to internships and eventually to jobs
through their professors.
extensive career assistance
Six months from graduation, 84 percent
of Pratt’s graduates are employed, and
94 percent of those are employed in their
field. An outstanding career services
office provides students with assistance in
choosing a major, finding an internship
or job, and continues to work with
alumni throughout their lives. Students
can receive help with developing their
portfolios and resumés and more. Most of
the services are online for easy access. The
office works with employers nationally
and globally so that Pratt students from
around the world can find assistance.
wide variety of
highly-ranked programs
Pratt’s undergraduate and graduate
programs are consistently highly ranked,
and include the number-one ranked
graduate interior design program in the
United States by U.S. News & World Report
Best Graduate Schools. Pratt was ranked
the top design school in the country by
Global Language Monitor and the top
design school in New York City this year.
program rankings
Rankings 2012
DesignIntelligence ranked Pratt’s
undergraduate and graduate interior
design programs third in the nation.
Pratt’s industrial design undergraduate
and graduate programs ranked ninth and
seventh respectively. Pratt’s under-
graduate architecture program ranked
10th nationally. The graduate archi-
tecture program was ranked among the
top 10 in the world by ArchiFund.org.
Rankings 2011
Pratt was ranked among the top design
schools by Businessweek. Pratt was ranked
first nationally among all schools of art
and design by Global Language Monitor
in a survey that measures “electronic
buzz” about schools. Pratt’s Sculpture Park
was ranked among the top 10 campus art
collections by Public Art Review.
Why Pratt?
Pratt Institute, ranked
among the top design
schools by Businessweek,
is one of the leading art,
design, and architecture
schools in the United States.