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2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
47 Degrees Awarded
$25,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master's For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Environmental Design is the 255th most popular major in the country with 728 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, environmental design graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,900 and had an average of $23,950 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 environmental design graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental design 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 program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environment design degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Design at Cornell

#2

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas
#3 in overall quality
$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 13 masters’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree environment design students whose families make $48-$75k list, UT Austin has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886.

Full UT Austin Environmental Design Report

#3

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality
$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s environment design students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Northeastern Environmental Design Report

#4

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida
#6 in overall quality
$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environment design degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of South Florida - Main Campus Environmental Design Report

#5

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa
#5 in overall quality
$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Iowa State University is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 4 masters’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Iowa State Environmental Design Report

#6

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#1 in overall quality
$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Clemson University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Clemson University is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246.

Read more about Environmental Design at Clemson

#7

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality
$25,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees
$48,823 Average Early-Career Earnings

Boston Architectural College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environment design degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston Architectural College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston Architectural College are $25,970.

Read full report on Environmental Design at Boston Architectural College

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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