You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in landscape architecture. It is ranked #247 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
There was only one school in Iowa to review for the 2025 Best Landscape Architecture Schools in Iowa ranking.
The landscape 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 Landscape Architecture Schools in Iowa.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of landscape degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in landscape architecture has to look into Iowa State University. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the landscape program state that they receive average early career earnings of $53,355.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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