2024 Best Landscape Architecture Doctor's Degree Schools

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Doctor's Degree in landscape architecture. It is ranked #277 out of 306 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Landscape Architecture Doctor's Degree Schools ranking.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to landscape architecture students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other landscape architecture students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for landscape architecture to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized landscape architecture related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for landscape architecture students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Landscape Architecture Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Landscape Architecture Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Landscape Architecture in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in landscape architecture.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Landscape

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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in landscape architecture has to take a look at Harvard University. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in landscape architecture from Harvard University

2

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

University of Oregon is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in landscape architecture. Located in the medium-sized city of Eugene, UO is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in landscape architecture from University of Oregon

Landscape Architecture by Region

View the Best Landscape Architecture Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Landscape Architecture Related Rankings by Major

Landscape Architecture is one of 8 different types of Architecture & Related Services programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Landscape

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Architecture	111
Urban & Regional Planning	86
Architectural Sciences & Technology	30
Environmental Design	27
Architectural History	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to La Citta Vita. More about our data sources and methodologies.