Rankings & Program Recognition

2026 — Architectural Digest named the Corcoran Interior Architecture program to its Top Interior Design Schools list.
2024 — Intelligent ranked the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design #3 in “Best Interior Design Degree Programs of 2025,” ahead of Virginia Tech and behind only the Fashion Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
2024 — collegerank.net ranked GW #5 among Best Bachelor’s in Interior Design.
2023 — Architectural Digest included GW in “17 Interior Design Schools Worth Applying To,” noting that “graduates of George Washington University’s Interior Architecture degree have gone on to receive job offers at top design firms and blockbuster businesses,” and highlighting notable alumna Lauren Waters (BFA ’16).
2021 — House Beautiful recognized GW’s Interior Architecture program as one of the best in the country.

Dezeen School Shows

September 2026 — Theatre designed to mirror “emotional arc of performance” among projects by George Washington University — BFA Capstone Studio.
June 2025 — Immersive children’s library among student projects from Corcoran School of the Arts and Design — MFA Capstone Studio.
June 2025 — Art gallery designed to heal among projects from Corcoran School of Arts and Design — BFA Capstone Studio.
June 2024 — Nine interior architecture projects from students at Corcoran School of the Arts and Design — MFA Capstone Studio.
June 2024 — Corcoran School of the Arts and Design presents nine interior architecture student projects — BFA and MA Capstone Studios.
June 2023 — Corcoran School of the Arts and Design presents ten interior architecture projects — BFA Capstone Studio.
June 2023 — Corcoran School of the Arts and Design presents 10 student interior design projects — MFA Capstone Studio.
May 2022 — Corcoran School of the Arts and Design presents 10 master’s degree projects — MFA Capstone Studio.
May 2022 — Corcoran School of the Arts and Design spotlights 10 interior architecture projects — BFA Capstone Studio.
June 2021 — Nine interior architecture projects by masters students at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design — MFA Capstone Studio.
June 2021 — Ten interior architecture projects by undergraduate students at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design — BFA Capstone Studio.

February 2023 — Yi-Chen Chang’s (MFA ’21) Remembrance Crematorium, an adaptive reuse of a 19th-century house near Austin, Texas, was selected for Dezeen’s Five student design and architecture projects that respond to death.
January 2023 — Melany McGillvray’s (MFA ’22) A Round of A-Paws, which rethinks the layout of veterinary waiting areas to reduce stress for pets and owners, was selected for Dezeen’s Seven student projects designed with animals in mind.

2017 — One of five design professors featured in The Conversation, “From the mundane to the divine: some of the best designed products of all time.”

2026 — Quoted in GW Arts & Sciences, “Teaching Meets Tech: Faculty Experiment With AI Tools,” edited by Denise St. Ours: “AI is no longer a novelty in the classroom. It is an integral tool.”
2024 — Quoted in The GW Hatchet, “Officials launch artificial intelligence research initiative.”
2024 — Quoted in The GW Hatchet, “Libraries & Academic Innovation office forms AI advisory council.”
2024 — Professor Crawford’s architectural work from his professional practice was featured in a case study on the use of laser scanning to document historic homes: Historic Renovation in Georgetown: A Unique Architectural Journey.
2023 — Quoted in GW Today, “Artificial Intelligence Enhances Learning in the Architecture Classroom.”

2023 — Quoted in The Washington Post, “9 ways to make a dark home brighter.”

2023 — Quoted in The GW Hatchet, “Corcoran-NGA deal revision will connect students and gallery staff, faculty say.”

2020 — Profiled by GW’s Nashman Center, “Community Engaged Faculty, Professor Nadia Volchansky,” on her community-engaged research and the Haiti healthcare studio.

2022 — Quoted in Associations Now, “The Great Office Redesign Is Coming.”
2022 — Quoted in GW Today, “How Coronavirus Is Changing Architecture.”
2021 — Quoted in Refinery29, “The Return of the Homemaker.”
2021 — Interviewed for “For the Love of Experiential Learning and Contemporary + Modern Architecture.”
2020 — Quoted in OneZero (Medium), “You Will Never Leave.”
2015 — Profiled by Columbian College, “Can Stephanie Travis Save Sketching?”
2015 — Featured on ArchDaily, “Sketching for Architecture and Interior Design.”

2024 — Interior Architecture and exhibition design graduate student work was included in a pop-up exhibition at the historic Heurich House Museum as part of First Friday Dupont, held February 2, 2024.
2023 — Steven Minion (MFA ’23) was featured in GW Today, “Favorite Memories at GW from Graduating Students.”

2024 — Nicole Degliomini (BFA ’19) was selected for Interior Design magazine’s Top 30 Under 30, Class of 2024.
2024 — Isabel Jackson (MFA ’13), of Chelt Interiors, is regularly quoted as a design expert in Livingetc, including “Gwyneth Paltrow’s LA Mansion Has Just Gone Up for Sale — And the Effortlessly Chic Interior Embodies Quiet Luxury” and “Tan France Calls This Stately Fireplace Accessory the ‘Perfect Jewelry’ to Finish Off His Living Room.”
2022 — Lizzie Grover Rad (BFA ’14) is the founder of the Los Angeles clothing brand Grover Rad, covered in Vogue and Marie Claire.
2021 — Brittany Hakimfar (BFA ’11) was featured in Rue and Philadelphia magazines.
2021 — Stephen Ramos (MFA ’10) was profiled in the CCAS newsletter, “Breaking the Boundaries: Stephen Ramos (MFA ’10) on Interior Architecture at GW.”
2021 — Neala Jacobs (MFA ’13) is featured in Becoming an Interior Designer by Kate Bolick, part of Simon & Schuster’s Masters at Work series.
2018 — Meghan Scott (MFA ’15) was featured as one of Boutique Design’s “Boutique 18.”
2017 — Stephen Ramos (MFA ’10) designed the new IIDA headquarters in Chicago, covered in Interior Design.
2013 — “GW Trio Launch Interior Design Business.”

January 2021 — The GW Hatchet, “Corcoran Officials to Launch Second Master’s Program in Interior Architecture This Fall.”
May 2017 — Columbian College, “Architecture Seminar Draws Blueprint for Debate,” on the Modern Architecture and Design Dean’s Seminar.
November 2016 — The GW Hatchet, “Interior Design Class Creates Vibrant Space for Local Nonprofit.”