2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 131 environmental design and architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 93 environmental design and architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 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.

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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The environmental design 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 “Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental design students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$16,458 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s environmental design degrees to qualified students.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental design students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Environmental Design & Architecture at North Carolina State University

#2

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$10,186 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Florida Atlantic University is a large school located in Boca Raton, Florida that handed out 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 #3 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,186 for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental design students per year to attend FAU.

Read more about Environmental Design & Architecture at FAU

#3

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$24,104 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #3 spot on the list. Auburn University is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 33 bachelors’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn University is $24,104 for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental design students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 full report on Environmental Design & Architecture at Auburn University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture

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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