2026 Best Environmental Design Schools in Colorado
Environmental Design programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. The schools below stand out for the quality of their environmental design programs.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for environmental design students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Environmental Design in Colorado
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall environmental design education in Colorado.
Top Schools in Environmental Design
University Of Colorado Boulder tops our 2026 ranking of the best environmental design schools. Set in the city of Boulder, University Of Colorado Boulder is a very large public institution. About 74% of students finish within six years. There were roughly 137 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at University Of Colorado Boulder in the most recent data year. Students who receive their environmental design degree from University Of Colorado Boulder earn around $42,401 in the first couple years of their career. Typical student debt for the program is $23,641.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.