i. institutional support and commitment to continuous improvement

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects
Master of Architecture
Master of Architecture with emphasis in Interior Architecture
3) Time to graduation
Students in the MArch program (normally a three and a half year program) have a maximum of six
years to complete the degree, including time off for leaves-of-absence. Option II students (normally
a two year program) have a maximum of four years to complete the degree, including time off for
leaves-of-absence. There have been two graduating classes of the program since its inception in
2006—the classes of 2009 and 2010. While two tracks of the MArch program (102 credit-tracks) span
three and a half years, the Option II students can graduate in two years. This means that only some,
but not all students that began in academic year 2008-09 might have completed the program.
2006-2007
TRACKS # of potential # graduated % graduated # graduated with % graduated in
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graduates on time on time additional year an additional yr
MArch 14 9 64% 2 14%
MArch/IA 7 2 29% 0 -
MArch, Option II 0 - - - -
MArch/IA, Option II 0 - - - -
ALL TRACKS 21 11 52% 2 10%
2007–08
TRACKS # of potential # graduated % graduated # graduated with % graduated in
graduates on time on time additional year additional yr
MArch 10 7 70% n/a n/a
MArch/IA 8 4 50% n/a n/a
MArch, Option II 2 2 100% - -
MArch/IA, Option II 1 1 100% - -
ALL TRACKS 21 14 67% - -
2008–09
TRACKS # of potential # graduated % graduated # graduated with % graduated in
graduates on time on time additional year an additional yr
MArch 8 n/a n/a n/a n/a
MArch/IA 11 n/a n/a n/a n/a
MArch, Option II 2 2 100% - -
MArch/IA, Option II 4 2 50% n/a n/a
ALL TRACKS 25 4 16% - -