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2022 Best Value Colleges for Environmental Design (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
149 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 728 people earned their degree in environmental design, making the major the 255th most popular in the United States. 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.

Across the Southwest region, there were 149 environmental design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in environmental design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental design programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Environmental Design (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified ’s environment design students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Austin is $15,757 for southwest region environment design students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Environmental Design at The University of Texas at Austin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 83 ’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $14,033 for Southwest Region Environment Design students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full ASU - Tempe Environmental Design Report

#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s environment design degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,505 for Southwest Region Environment Design students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Houston.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Environmental Design at University of Houston

#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 ’s environment design degrees to qualified students.

Texas Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,421 for southwest region environment design students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas Tech.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Environmental Design at Texas Tech University

#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 ’s environment design degrees to qualified students.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $16,557 for southwest region environment design students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Environmental Design at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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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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