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2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
149 Degrees Awarded
$14,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Getting Aid” 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.

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 Getting Aid” 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.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Environmental Design in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region 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. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified ’s environment design students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for Southwest Region Environment Design students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 83 ’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Environment Design students with aid.

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

Read full report on Environmental Design at ASU - Tempe

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 3 ’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $17,571 for southwest region environment design students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Environmental Design at Texas Tech

#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Environment Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #4 spot on the list. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 5 ’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UH is $12,838 for southwest region environment design students with aid.

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

Read more about Environmental Design at UH

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified ’s environment design students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $14,446 for Southwest Region Environment Design students with aid.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Environmental Design Report

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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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