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2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental design program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environment design degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UT Austin Environmental Design Report

#6 in overall quality

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 #2 for the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s environment design students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree environment design students with aid list, USF Tampa has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Design at University of South Florida - Main Campus

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. Iowa State is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed 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.

Read full report on Environmental Design at Iowa State University

#4

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s environment design degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our master’s degree environment design students with aid list, Cornell has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Cornell Environmental Design Report

#5

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s environment design students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree environment design students with aid list, Clemson has also earned the #1 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 Clemson are $23,246.

Read full report on Environmental Design at Clemson University

#6

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Northeastern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environment design degrees to 6 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 are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Design at Northeastern University

#7

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts

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 Getting Aid ranking. Boston Architectural College is a small school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 3 masters’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree environment design students with aid list, Boston Architectural College has also earned the #4 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 Boston Architectural College are $25,970.

Read more about 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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