SUMMARY OF 2016 ANNUAL REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL ACCREDITATION BOARD BY ACCREDITED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Prepared by: Kris Pritchard, LAAB Accreditation Manager Stephanie Rolley, FASLA, FCELA, PLA, AICP, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL ACCREDITATION BOARD
Misson The mission of the Landscape Archtiectural Accreditation Board (LAAB) is to evaluate, advocate for, and advance the quality of education in landscape architectural programs.
LAAB is the accrediting organization for landscape architectural programs. As such, LAAB develops standards to objectively evaluate landscape architectural programs and judges whether a school’s landscape architectural programs is in compliance with the accreditation standards.
LAAB is comprised of landscape architecture practitioners and academicians, representatives from landscape architecture collateral organizations and public representatives. The collateral organizations are the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) and Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA).
Annual Reports Content Programs report to LAAB on: Substantial changes in their academic program Progress on recommendations from previous accreditation visits Students Graduates Budgets Faculty
Purpose Annual reports from academic programs are used by LAAB to monitor significant changes and ongoing compliance with accreditation standards in each program between on-site visits. Aggregate data from the reports is used to track trends in landscape architecture education and to communicate with stakeholders, other landscape architecture professional associations and organizations, and the public.
Summary This summary includes information about the number of landscape architecture academic programs; substantial changes in the programs; their size and demographic composition; and, and the number of 2015 graduates and their career paths. Budget data reported reflects the unique administrative structure of each program and does not lend itself to aggregate reporting. Continued errors in faculty data reporting disallows accurate summarization of faculty numbers and composition. All information in the summary is presented as reported by the academic programs. 100% of the 94 accredited programs submitted a 2016 Annual Report.
LAAB 2016 ANNUAL REPORTS SUMMARY - Page 2 2016 ACCREDITED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMS
43 Undergraduate Programs 51 Graduate Programs 94 Programs in 68 Universities
LAAB 2016 ANNUAL REPORTS SUMMARY - Page 3 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN 2016 ACCREDITED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMS
Undergraduate Graduate Programs Programs
Reported:
A change in administrator 9 15
Major changes in curriculum 9 4 Due to: 1 reduced capstone credit 1 added internship requirement 1 added technology 1 added technology 4 reduction to 4 year degree 1 response to LAAB 1 adaptions for gen ed/common yrs 1 added elective hours 1 shift in credit hr requirements 1 updated course titles/descriptions
Major changes in facilities That is positive: 1 2 That is negative: 2 1
A loss of 20% in faculty last year 5 4
A change in administrative structure 4 4
Related to: 4 new college home 1 new unit home 2 new college home 1 director chg’d to coordinator
A change in resources impacting delivery of the degree 3 4 Related to: 1 resource reallocation 1 loss of in-state tuition waivers 1 increase in tenure-track FTE 1 increase in tenure-track FTE 1 differential tuition/online courses 1 differential tuition and online courses 1 university resource contraction due to lower enrollment
LAAB 2016 ANNUAL REPORTS SUMMARY - Page 4 2016 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ACCREDITED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMS
TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT - 2016- Gender
Undergraduate Graduate Total Students Students Students 37% 45% Female 1,442 1,321 2,763 55% 63% Male 1,798 792 2,590
Total 3,240 2,113 5,353 Undergraduate Graduate
TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT - 2016 - Domestic/International
Undergraduate Graduate Total 10% Students Students Students 41% Domestic 2,862 1,227 4,089 59% International 322 843 1,165 90% Total 3,184 2,070 5,254
Undergraduate Graduate
* The difference in Total Student Enrollment-Gender and Total Student Enrollment- Domestic/International reflects inaccurate reporting.
TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT - 2016 - Race and Ethnicity
UG 1966 136 369 384 1173 191
UG 2124 123 380 355 13 68 202
GRAD 950 64 551 126 339 309
GRAD 1002 61 610 150 6 38 194
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Total White StudentsTotal WhiteTotal Students Black Students Total AsianTotal Students Black Students Total Hispanic StudentsTotal TotalAsian Hawaiian Students Students Total MixedTotal Race Hispanic Students Students Total Students with Unknown Race Total Hawaiian Students Total Mixed Race Students Total Students with Unknown Race
LAAB 2016 ANNUAL REPORTS SUMMARY - Page 5 2015 GRADUATING CLASS IN ACCREDITED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMS Programs are asked to report graduates from the previous full academic year.
TOTAL GRADUATES - Class of 2015 - Gender
Undergraduate Graduate Total
Students Students Students 40% 46% Female 270 425 695 54% 60% Male 323 278 601
Total 593 703 1,296 Undergraduate Graduate
TOTAL GRADUATES - Class of 2015 - Race and Ethnicity
UG 421 12 113 2 53 4 17 42
UG 411 19 77 4 65 3 17 17
GRAD 337 10 143 2 36 2 11 23
GRAD 318 15 201 0 38 09 114
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Total White Students Total Black Students Total Asian Students Total American Indian Students Total Hispanic Students Total Hawaiian Students Total Mixed Race Students Total Students with Unknown Race Total White Students Total Black Students Total Asian Students Total American Indian Students Total Hispanic Students Total Hawaiian Students Total Mixed Race Students Total Students with Unknown Race
TOTAL GRADUATES - Class of 2015 - Career Paths
UG 81 47 546 109 207 1 63 15 142 UG 95 46 574 186 87 41 36 122 65
GRADGRAD 5067 24 15 357 373 35 4496 41 1311 1734 1553 136105
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0%Advanced 10%Study Teaching20% Private30% Practice Government40% 50%Horticulture 60%Volunteer Service70% Not in 80%LA Other 90%Unknown 100%
Advanced Study Teaching Private Practice Government Horticulture LAAB 2016 ANNUAL REPORTS SUMMARY - Page 6 Volunteer Service Not in LA Other Unknown 2016 ACCREDITED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMS Reporting Programs: Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs Arizona State University Arizona State University Ball State University Auburn University Boston Architectural College Ball State University California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo Boston Architectural College California State Polytechnic University Pomona California State Polytechnic University Pomona Clemson University City College of New York Colorado State University Clemson University Cornell University Cornell University Iowa State University Florida International University Louisiana State University Harvard University Michigan State University Illinois Institute of Technology Mississippi State University Iowa State University North Carolina A & T State University Kansas State University North Dakota State University Louisiana State University Ohio State University Mississippi State University Oklahoma State University Morgan State University Pennsylvania State University North Carolina State University Philadelphia University Ohio State University Purdue University Pennsylvania State University Rutgers University Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico State University of New York College of Rhode Island School of Design Environmental Science and Forestry Rutgers University Temple University State University of New York College of Texas A & M University Environmental Science and Forestry Texas Tech University Temple University University of Arkansas Texas A & M University University of California Davis Texas Tech University University of Connecticut University of Arizona University of Florida University of California Berkeley University of Georgia University of Colorado Denver University of Illinois University of Florida University of Kentucky University of Georgia University of Maryland University of Idaho University of Massachusetts University of Illinois University of Nebraska University of Maryland University of Nevada, Las Vegas University of Massachusetts University of Oregon University of Michigan University of Rhode Island University of Minnesota University of Washington University of New Mexico University of Wisconsin University of Oklahoma Utah State University University of Oregon Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University University of Pennsylvania Washington State University University of Southern California West Virginia University University of Tennessee University of Texas at Arlington University of Texas at Austin University of Virginia University of Washington Utah State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Washington University West Virginia University
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