by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Environmental Design is the 258th most popular major in the country with 741 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, environmental design graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,901 and had an average of $21,331 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 15 environmental design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 environmental design graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental design. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their environmental design program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The environment design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in Pennsylvania”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree environment design students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware Valley University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in Pennsylvania list. DelVal is a private not-for-profit institution located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Marywood University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environment design students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in Pennsylvania. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environment design students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
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