Career StagesNational Associates Committee

In 2003, the National Associates Committee, in conjunction with ArchVoices, launched the 2003 Internship and Career Survey. The NAC Survey Task Force championed this initiative and is committed to producing a findings document to be published online later this year. The group’s ongoing goals are to develop and implement a survey to collect and evaluate information about interns and alternative career professionals, a process which will be reevaluated every two to three years.

In 2005, The AIA National Associates Committee, ArchVoices and NCARB launched the second Internship & Career Survey, an effort to document the recent history and present state of architectural internship and registration. The information will be used independently as well as in comparison studies with the 2003 Internship & Career Survey to set the tone for discussion on internship within the AIA.

Data was collected via the internet between March 30 and April 15, 2005. A total of 9,929 qualified and usable responses were received from the sample of 46,831.

In 2007, the Internship and Career Survey was commissioned jointly by the AIA National Associates Committee and NCARB. Building on a similar effort in 2003 and 2005, the survey sought to shed light on issues that the architecture profession had been struggling to define, informing the national discourse on improving architectural internship. The survey was conducted by Readex Research, an independent research company.

Data was collected via the Internet between November 7 and November 26, 2007. A total of 8,598 qualified and usable responses were received from the sample of 36,343.

In 2010 The AIA and NCARB have partnered once again to the launch Internship & Career Survey, an effort to document the recent history and present state of architectural internship and registration. The fourth survey of its kind, the information will be used independently as well as in comparison studies with the 2003, 2005, and 2007 Internship & Career Surveys to set the tone for discussion on internship within the AIA and the profession.

Data was collected via the Internet between January 6 and January 25, 2010. A total of 10,500 qualified and usable responses were received from the sample of 54,692. Percentages based on all 10,500 returns are subject to a margin of error of ± 0.89% at the 95% confidence level.

2010 Internship and Career Survey

Previous surveys

2007 – Internship and Career Survey
2005 – Internship and Career Survey
2003 – Internship and Career Survey