2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture (With Aid)
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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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 607 environmental design and architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 17 colleges that offer a degree in environmental design and architecture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental design and architecture programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.
Top 17 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture (With Aid)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s environmental design students in 2019-2020.
NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for NC State is $16,458 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Design students with aid.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Environmental Design & Architecture at North Carolina State University
Out of the 17 schools in the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #2 spot on the list. University of California - Berkeley is a large public school situated in Berkeley, California. It awarded 23 bachelors’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Berkeley, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Berkeley is $15,329 for bachelor’s degree environmental design students with aid.
The low student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 83 bachelors’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,706 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Design students with aid per year to attend Arizona State University - Tempe.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental design degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
Ball State also took the #11 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ball State University is $15,147 for bachelor’s degree environmental design students with aid.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a public institution located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rutgers University - New Brunswick is $21,654 for bachelor’s degree environmental design students with aid.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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North Dakota State University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 17 bachelors’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.
North Dakota State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $16,584 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Design students with aid per year to attend North Dakota State University.
The low student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Florida Atlantic University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at FAU, the school also landed the #15 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida Atlantic University is $10,186 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Design students with aid.
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University of Hawaii at Manoa ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this fairly large public school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s environmental design students in 2019-2020.
UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa is $15,030 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Design students with aid.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Houston did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental design degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,838 for bachelor’s degree environmental design students with aid per year to attend UH.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 15 bachelors’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.
UMN Twin Cities also took the #8 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $17,740 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Design students with aid per year to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.
The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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University at Buffalo ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. University at Buffalo is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s environmental design degrees to qualified students.
University at Buffalo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University at Buffalo is $18,194 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Design students with aid.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental Design & Architecture at University at Buffalo
Utah State University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Utah State University is located in Logan, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s environmental design degrees to qualified students.
USU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Utah State University is $13,634 for bachelor’s degree environmental design students with aid.
Full Utah State University Environmental Design & Architecture Report
University of Colorado Boulder came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. CU - Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 141 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
CU - Boulder also took the #6 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Colorado Boulder is $21,680 for bachelor’s degree environmental design students with aid.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Environmental Design & Architecture at CU - Boulder
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Ohio, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environmental design students with aid list, BGSU has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for BGSU is $18,394 for bachelor’s degree environmental design students with aid.
With a ranking of #15, Auburn University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.
Auburn also made our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Auburn is $24,104 for bachelor’s degree environmental design students with aid.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Environmental Design & Architecture at Auburn
University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental design students in 2019-2020.
UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #17 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $14,446 for bachelor’s degree environmental design students with aid.
Marywood University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #17. Scranton, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s environmental design degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Marywood, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $22,236 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Design students with aid per year to attend Marywood.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *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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