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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture (Income $0-$30k)

6 Ranked Colleges
44 Degrees Awarded
$25,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master's For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Environmental Design & Architecture is the 500th most popular major in the country with 724 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 environmental design and architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental design and architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental design and architecture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental design and architecture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environmental design degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #0 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042.

Read full report on Environmental Design & Architecture at Cornell

#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northeastern University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 6 masters’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558.

Full Northeastern Environmental Design & Architecture Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s environmental design degrees to qualified students.

USF Tampa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Design & Architecture at USF Tampa

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s environmental design degrees to qualified students.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

Read more about Environmental Design & Architecture at Iowa State

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 13 masters’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree environmental design students whose families make $0-$30k list, UT Austin has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

Read full report on Environmental Design & Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin

#6

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Clemson University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Clemson is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246.

Full Clemson University Environmental Design & Architecture Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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