2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 997 people earned their degree in landscape architecture, making the major the 392nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 51 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in landscape architecture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent landscape architecture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the landscape architecture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s landscape architecture degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU Anschutz, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at CU Anschutz

#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s landscape architecture degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

U of I also took the #0 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full U of I Landscape Architecture Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $0-$30k)

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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