2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid
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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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 608 environmental design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer a degree in environmental design. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental design programs and cost less that 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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Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.
Top 18 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design (With Aid)
Out of the 18 schools in the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. NC State is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 30 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid list, NC State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,458 for bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid per year to attend NC State.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s environment design degrees to qualified students.
UC Berkeley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Berkeley is $15,329 for Bachelor’s Degree Environment Design students with aid.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Out of the 18 schools in the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 83 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $11,706 for Bachelor’s Degree Environment Design students with aid per year to attend Arizona State University - Tempe.
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 Arizona State University - Tempe
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environment design degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid list, Ball State has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,147 for Bachelor’s Degree Environment Design students with aid per year to attend Ball State University.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.
Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $21,654 for bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid per year to attend Rutgers New Brunswick.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Environmental Design at Rutgers University - New Brunswick
North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environment design degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
North Dakota State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $16,584 for Bachelor’s Degree Environment Design students with aid per year to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental Design at North Dakota State University
Florida Atlantic University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Boca Raton, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environment design degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid list, FAU has also earned the #15 rank in our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,186 for Bachelor’s Degree Environment Design students with aid per year to attend FAU.
University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid list, UH Manoa has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa is $15,030 for bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid.
The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
Full University of Hawaii at Manoa Environmental Design Report
With a ranking of #9, University of Houston did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s environment design degrees to qualified students.
UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,838 for bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid 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.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s environment design students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is $17,740 for Bachelor’s Degree Environment Design students with aid.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
University at Buffalo came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school handed out 34 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s environment design students in 2019-2020.
University at Buffalo also took the #10 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,194 for bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid per year to attend University at Buffalo.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Utah State University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environment design degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
USU also took the #16 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,634 for Bachelor’s Degree Environment Design students with aid per year to attend Utah State University.
University of Colorado Boulder came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 141 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid list, CU - Boulder has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for CU - Boulder is $21,680 for Bachelor’s Degree Environment Design students with aid.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #14, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. BGSU is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Ohio that handed out 31 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.
BGSU also took the #14 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is $18,394 for Bachelor’s Degree Environment Design students with aid.
Read full report on Environmental Design at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Auburn University landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s environment design degrees to qualified students.
Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn University is $24,104 for bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
With a ranking of #16, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid 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 bachelors’s environment design degrees to qualified students.
UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #18 on our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for Bachelor’s Degree Environment Design students with aid.
Marywood University ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environment design students in 2019-2020.
Marywood did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $22,236 for bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid per year to attend Marywood University.
The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Boston Architectural College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #18. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.
Boston Architectural College also made our “Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #17. The estimated yearly cost for Boston Architectural College is $28,865 for bachelor’s degree environment design students with aid.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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%.
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- 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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