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2022 Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$25,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in landscape architecture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great landscape architecture programs and 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. 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree landscape architecture students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#4 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for URI is $20,607 for new england region bachelor’s degree landscape architecture students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full URI 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 Getting Aid list. UMass Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 17 bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also took the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst is $22,501 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape Architecture students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Full UMass Amherst Landscape Architecture Report

#3

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston Architectural College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Boston Architectural College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston Architectural College also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Boston Architectural College is $28,865 for new england region bachelor’s degree landscape architecture students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Boston Architectural College

#4

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $31,093 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape Architecture students with aid 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.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Northeastern University

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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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