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2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
44 Degrees Awarded
$25,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master's For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 724 people earned their degree in environmental design and architecture, making the major the 500th most popular in the United States.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the environmental design and architecture program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Cornell is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Design & Architecture at Cornell

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k 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 masters’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UT Austin Environmental Design & Architecture Report

#3

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Northeastern 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 University 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s environmental design students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USF Tampa, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of South Florida - Main Campus Environmental Design & Architecture Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s environmental design students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree environmental design students whose families make $48-$75k list, Iowa State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Design & Architecture at Iowa State University

#6

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Clemson University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s environmental design students in 2019-2020.

Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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.

Read full report on Environmental Design & Architecture at Clemson

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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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