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2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
99 Degrees Awarded
$9,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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Landscape Architecture is the 224th most popular major in the country with 997 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, landscape architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $45,411 and had an average of $27,759 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 141 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,900 and $28,635 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 99 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the landscape architecture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s landscape degrees to qualified students.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $12,317 for southwest region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Texas Tech

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $8,669 for southwest region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Landscape Architecture Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s landscape degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $0-$30k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $11,454 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Texas A&M College Station Landscape Architecture Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #4 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s landscape degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $0-$30k list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $7,044 for southwest region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full ASU - Tempe 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%.

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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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