2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Plains States Region
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 37 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in landscape architecture. That schools that top this list have a program in landscape architecture in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 11 masters’s landscape architecture degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Landscape Architecture Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 10 masters’s landscape architecture degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, 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 UMN Twin Cities
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Architecture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s landscape architecture degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Iowa State
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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