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2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s

5 Ranked Colleges
44 Degrees Awarded
$24,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master's

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” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s list. Clemson is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 8 masters’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson also took the #1 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 Clemson are $23,246.

Full Clemson University Environmental Design & Architecture Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 13 masters’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree environmental design students list, UT Austin has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s environmental design students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Design & Architecture at Iowa State

#4

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s list. Northeastern University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s environmental design degrees to qualified students.

Northeastern also made our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools for a Master’s 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 also took the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of South Florida - Main Campus 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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