Accreditation
The School of Architecture and Design offers the following professional degree programs in Architecture and Design:
- The Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
- The Master of Architecture (M.Arch) is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
- The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design (B.F.A.) is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).

NAAB Accreditation
NAAB Accreditation: National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
The School of Architecture and Design at New York Tech offers two professional degree programs in architecture:
- The Bachelor of Architecture program is in NAAB Continuing Accreditation status.
- The Master of Architecture program was awarded NAAB Initial Accreditation.
Statement on NAAB-accredited Degrees
In the United States, most 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 professional degree programs in architecture offered by institutions with U.S. regional accreditation, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted an eight-year term, an eight-year term with conditions, or a three-year term of initial accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established education standards.
Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may require a non-accredited undergraduate degree in architecture for admission. However, the non-accredited degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
New York Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Design, offers the following NAAB-accredited degree program:
Bachelor of Architecture (160 undergraduate credits)
- Next B.Arch continuing accreditation visit – 2025
Master of Architecture, Track I (90 credit hours required)
- Year M.Arch Track I Initial Accreditation awarded – 2022.
- Next M.Arch Track I visit for Continuing Accreditation – 2025.
Master of Architecture, Track II (preprofessional degree + 60 credit hours required)
- Year M.Arch Track II Initial Accreditation awarded – 2022.
- Next M.Arch Track II visit for Continuing Accreditation – 2025.
M.Arch Tracks I + II: Initial Accreditation was awarded in 2022.
M.Arch Tracks I + II – Earliest graduation date to meet NCARB education requirement: 2020.
Master of Architecture Program
- 2017 NAAB – M.Arch – Visiting Team Report (VTR)
- 2018 NAAB – M.Arch – Initial Candidacy Decision Letter
- 2019 NAAB – M.Arch – Accreditation Program Report (APR)
- 2019 NAAB – M.Arch – Visiting Team Report (VTR)
- 2019 NAAB – M.Arch – Response to NAAB Visiting Team Report
- 2020 NAAB – M.Arch – Continuing Candidacy Decision Letter
- 2022 NAAB – M.Arch – Initial Accreditation (APR)
- 2022 NAAB – M.Arch – Visiting Team Report (VTR)
- 2023 NAAB – M.Arch – IA Decision Letter
NAAB Procedures + Conditions
- 2020 NAAB Procedures (in effect at the time of the last accreditation)
- 2020 NAAB Conditions (in effect at the time of the last accreditation)
- 2015 NAAB Procedures
- 2014 NAAB Conditions