2024 Best Environmental Design Schools
23
Colleges in the United States
741
Environment Design Degrees Awarded
$36,901
Avg Early-Career Salary
Environmental Design degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #258 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 23 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Environmental Design Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 741 degrees in environmental design during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Environmental Design School
Your choice of environmental design school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for environmental design schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Environmental Design Degree Level
The environment design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Environmental Design Schools.
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Featured Environmental Design Programs
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Best Schools for Environmental Design in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the environment design degree levels they offer.
10 Top Schools in Environment Design
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In NC
36
Environment Design Degrees Awarded
North Carolina State University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in environmental design. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were about 36 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
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Boston Architectural College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in environmental design. Boston Architectural College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Boston.
There were about 10 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at Boston Architectural College in the most recent data year. Environmental Design degree recipients from Boston Architectural College earn a boost of approximately $14,000 over the typical earnings of environmental design graduates.
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It's hard to beat University of Virginia - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in environmental design. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 5 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In SC
Clemson University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in environmental design. Clemson is a very large public university located in the suburb of Clemson. A Best Colleges rank of #107 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Clemson is a great university overall.
There were roughly 5 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 26 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In TX
UT Austin is a very large public university located in the city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In VA
Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 4 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In AZ
59
Environment Design Degrees Awarded
Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were approximately 59 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In GA
UGA is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 1 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In AL
41
Environment Design Degrees Awarded
Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 41 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year.
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