2026 Best Value Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in Colorado
[Environmental Design & Architecture](/majors/architecture-and-related-services/environmental-design/environmental-design-and-architecture/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
College Factual analyzed 2 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best value environmental design & architecture schools.
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2026 Best Value Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in Colorado
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the environmental design & architecture degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Environmental Design & Architecture Schools
For return on investment in environmental design & architecture, no school beat University Of Colorado Boulder this year. Set in the city of Boulder, University Of Colorado Boulder is a very large public institution. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $15,214, while out-of-state students pay about $42,970. Environmental Design & Architecture graduates carry a median of $23,641 in student loans. Early-career environmental design & architecture graduates make about $42,401. That is a strong return on a $23,641 median debt. University Of Colorado Boulder admits about 78% of applicants.
Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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