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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Plains States Region

4 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$17,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” 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 Plains States 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 $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree landscape architecture students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Plains States Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 2 bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree landscape architecture students list, North Dakota State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,584 for plains states region bachelor’s degree landscape architecture students per year to attend North Dakota State University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Landscape Architecture Report

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s landscape architecture students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State University is $19,252 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape Architecture students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at South Dakota State University

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s landscape architecture students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree landscape architecture students list, Iowa State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State University is $15,496 for plains states region bachelor’s degree landscape architecture students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Iowa State 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 Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 14 bachelors’s landscape architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape Architecture students per year to attend UNL.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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 UNL 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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