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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

4 Ranked Colleges
99 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 141 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 99 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree landscape architecture students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,421 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape Architecture students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas Tech.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Texas Tech University Landscape Architecture Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,698 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape Architecture students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $18,810 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape Architecture students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Texas A&M College Station

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $14,033 for southwest region bachelor’s degree landscape architecture students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full ASU - Tempe Landscape Architecture Report

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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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