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Jun 30, 2025
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Pros
Good certification program for architects
Cons
NCARB Certification Reactivation: OK to pay the $305 reactivation fee, but forcing to pay who knows how many past years' fees for the inactive time? That's EXTORSION!!! NCARB forces architects to stay and pay the already pricey $293 annual renewal fee (starting August 1, 2025). The engineers' counterpart, NCEES, does not even charge a penny to maintain certifications. Engineers don't need to renew, since there are not renewals nor renewal fees! Instead, NCEES only charges when engineers transmit their records to other licensing boards, and those fees are quite reasonable.