2024 Best Landscape Architecture Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a master's degree in landscape architecture is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #321 out of 1172 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Landscape Architecture Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 61 master's degrees in landscape architecture to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Landscape Architecture School for Your Master's Degree

The landscape architecture master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality landscape architecture program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on landscape architecture students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of landscape architecture students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized landscape architecture related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for landscape architecture students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Landscape Architecture Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Landscape Architecture in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in landscape architecture.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Landscape Architecture

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

Cornell University is a great option for individuals interested in a master's degree in landscape architecture. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca.More information about a master’s in landscape architecture from Cornell University

2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a good option for students pursuing a master's degree in landscape architecture. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick.More information about a master’s in landscape architecture from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

3

The City College of New York
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in landscape architecture needs to check out The City College of New York. Located in the large city of New York, CCNY is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in landscape architecture from The City College of New York

Best Landscape Architecture Colleges by State

Explore the best landscape architecture colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	41
Pennsylvania	607	9
Maryland	363	0
New Jersey	346	11
District of Columbia	334	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture is one of 0 different types of Landscape Architecture programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to La Citta Vita. More about our data sources and methodologies.