Architects create the built environment. They synthesize issues of human need, environmental setting, building technology, visual perception and aesthetic theory to create buildings and spaces where people live, work, shop, learn, worship, play and entertain.
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- Architectural critic
- Barrier-free architecture
- Building construction management
- Computer modeler
- Construction manager
- Housing designer
- Environmental behavior studies
- Health care designer
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- High-rise designer
- Hospitality designer
- Industrial designer
- Interior designer
- Landscape architect
- Life-cycle costing specialist
- Lighting and acoustical designer
- Military architect
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- Project manager
- Public works/building services architect
- Real estate developer
- Religious building design
- Seismic designer
- Site planner
- Teacher
- Urban planner
Annually, more than 500 national and international companies and organizations recruit SCAD students and alumni. In 2010, more than 85 percent of SCAD alumni responding to a survey were employed or pursuing further education within six months of graduation.
Employers of SCAD alumni include:

- ADD Inc.
- Bernhardt
- Corporate Interiors of Delaware
- Dakota Jackson
- David Edward
- Illuminations
- MOEN
- Montalto Massa Architecture Firm
- Palmer Johnson
- Paoli Furniture
- Pennsylvania State University
- Prop Art Inc.
- Scott Snyder Inc.
- Steelcase
- Sterling Architectural Millwork
- Studio Z Designs
- Target
- Tellus Furniture
- University of Florida
- Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
- Wendell Castle Studio