Conference Acceptance Rates

Each year, ACSA scholarly gatherings provide architecture faculty an opportunity to present papers exchanging ideas in a variety of topics, including architectural theory, research, and teaching. Following are the acceptance rates for paper submissions to ACSA conferences.

Annual Meeting

Papers

2019 | Pittsburgh

41%

120 accepted

293 submitted

2018 | Denver

48%

101 accepted

211 submitted

2017 | Detroit

46%

88 accepted

191 submitted

2016 | Seattle

41%

103 accepted

254 submitted

2015 | Toronto

42%

96 accepted

231 submitted

2014 | Miami Beach

55%

107 accepted

196 submitted

2013 | San Francisco

38%

92 accepted

240 submitted

2012 | Boston

31%

93 accepted

297 submitted

2011 | Montreal

34%

105 accepted

308 submitted

2010 | New Orleans

28%

97 accepted

346 submitted

2009 | Portland

34%

110 accepted

327 submitted

2008 | Houston

44%

102 accepted

232 submitted

2007 | Philadelphia

43%

98 accepted

230 submitted

2006 | Salt Lake City

39%

55 accepted

141 submitted

2005 | Chicago

27%

63 accepted

233 submitted

2004 | Miami

37%

57 accepted

155 submitted

2003 | Louisville

32%

57 accepted

176 submitted

Projects

2019 | Pittsburgh

31%

50 accepted

161 submitted

2018 | Denver

44%

80 accepted

181 submitted

2017 | Detroit

57%

68 accepted

120 submitted

2016 | Seattle

38%

41 accepted

107 submitted

2015 | Toronto

20%

22 accepted

112 submitted

2014 | Miami Beach

42%

66 accepted

157 submitted

2013 | San Francisco

43%

54 accepted

125 submitted

2012 | Boston

46%

52 accepted

113 submitted

2011 | Montreal

39%

54 accepted

137 submitted

2010 | New Orleans

58%

53 accepted

92 submitted

2009 | Portland

46%

48 accepted

105 submitted

2008 | Houston

69%

47 accepted

68 submitted

Fall Conference

Papers

2017 | Texas Tech University

31%

96 accepted

310 submitted

2016 | University of Hawaii at Manoa

35%

44 accepted

124 submitted

2015 | Syracuse University

45%

73 accepted

160 submitted

2014 | Dalhousie University

60%

127 accepted

223 submitted

2013 | Florida Atlantic University

66%

81 accepted

122 submitted

2012 | Temple University

54%

67 accepted

124 submitted

2011 | Texas A&M + Prairie View

66%

87 accepted

132 submitted

Northeast

2010 | University of Hartford

38%

92 accepted

240 submitted

2008 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst

31%

93 accepted

297 submitted

2006 | Laval University, Quebec City

34%

105 accepted

308 submitted

2004 | Syracuse University

28%

97 accepted

346 submitted

Southeast

2009 | Savannah College of Art and Design

31%

43 accepted

141 submitted

2007 | Catholic University

34%

41 accepted

122 submitted

2005 | Clemson University

69%

64 accepted

94 submitted

2003 | University of South Florida

43%

45 accepted

104 submitted

East Central

2007 | University of Waterloo

76%

44 accepted

58 submitted

2005 | University of Detroit Mercy + Lawrence Tech

44%

42 accepted

95 submitted

West Central

2010 | University of Illinois, Chicago

17%

40 accepted

232 submitted

2008 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

84%

67 accepted

80 submitted

2006 | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

60%

33 accepted

55 submitted

2004 | Judson College, Elgin, IL

46%

39 accepted

85 submitted

Southwest

2009 | University of New Mexico

29%

35 accepted

119 submitted

2007 | University of Texas, Austin

27%

29 accepted

108 submitted

2005 | University of Louisiana, Lafayette

59%

58 accepted

99 submitted

*conference canceled; proceedings published

West

2008 | University of Southern California

46%

71 accepted

156 submitted

2006 | Woodbury University, Burbank, CA

60%

95 accepted

160 submitted

International Conference

Papers

2016 | Santiago

33%

85 accepted

256 submitted

2014 | Seoul

51%

121 accepted

235 submitted

2012 | Barcelona

26%

84 accepted

322 submitted

2005 | Mexico City

44%

60 accepted

135 submitted

Projects

2016 | Santiago

76%

26 accepted

34 submitted

2014 | Seoul

46%

47 accepted

103 submitted