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2022 Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Landscape Architecture is the 392nd most popular major in the country with 997 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 74 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in landscape architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality landscape architecture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the landscape architecture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree landscape architecture students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $10,239 for new england region bachelor’s degree landscape architecture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northeastern University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Northeastern University Landscape Architecture Report

#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 17 bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend UMass Amherst is $13,137 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape Architecture students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Rhode Island is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 13 bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rhode Island is $14,309 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape Architecture students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 85%.

Full URI Landscape Architecture Report

#4

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston Architectural College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston Architectural College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $25,124 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape Architecture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Boston Architectural College.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Boston Architectural College

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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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