2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture in Virginia

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In 2020-2021, 730 people earned their degree in environmental design and architecture, making the major the 505th most popular in the United States.

Across Virginia, there were 9 environmental design and architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 environmental design and architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,633 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Design Major in Virginia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental design and architecture. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental design and architecture in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Design Major in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Design Major in Virginia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture in Virginia

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University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 overall quality in Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Design Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Virginia is a large public school situated in Charlottesville, Virginia. It awarded 5 doctorate’s environmental design degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

#2 overall quality in Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Design Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #2 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 4 doctorate’s environmental design degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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