2027 Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Great Lakes Region
[Environmental Design](/majors/architecture-and-related-services/environmental-design/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2027 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for environmental design students.
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2027 Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Great Lakes Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the environmental design degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Environmental Design Schools
Our analysis ranked Bowling Green State University Main Campus the best value for a degree in environmental design in the Great Lakes Region. Set in the town of Bowling Green, Bowling Green State University Main Campus is a very large public institution. In-state tuition and fees average $13,912, compared with $21,900 for out-of-state students. Students borrow a median of $27,000 to complete the environmental design program here. Early-career environmental design graduates make about $43,843. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. The acceptance rate is 81%.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the one ranked school only.
- 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).
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