by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Landscape Architecture is the 451st most popular major in the country with 926 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 103 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in landscape architecture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in landscape architecture.
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The landscape architecture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree landscape architecture students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 6 masters’s landscape architecture degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s landscape architecture students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #3 spot on the list. UT Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s landscape architecture degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Landscape Architecture at The University of Texas at Arlington
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Southwest Region. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 10 masters’s landscape architecture degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Texas A&M University - College Station
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s landscape architecture degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Arizona State University - Tempe Landscape Architecture Report
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