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2022 Best Value Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
149 Degrees Awarded
$11,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in the Southwest Region 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.

Across the Southwest region, there were 149 environmental design and architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in environmental design and architecture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental design and architecture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental design and architecture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 83 ’s environmental design degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,044 for Southwest Region Environmental Design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full ASU - Tempe Environmental Design & Architecture Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 13 ’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Austin is $12,203 for Southwest Region Environmental Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Texas at Austin Environmental Design & Architecture Report

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $12,317 for southwest region environmental design students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Texas Tech University Environmental Design & Architecture Report

#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 5 ’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $10,203 for southwest region environmental design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UH.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Environmental Design & Architecture at University of Houston

#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified ’s environmental design students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $13,242 for southwest region environmental design students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Environmental Design & Architecture at UNM

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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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