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2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$13,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Plains States region, there were 74 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $30,100 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 Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in landscape architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality landscape architecture programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa State is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State University is $10,843 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Iowa State University

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s landscape degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Dakota State University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University is $12,544 for plains states region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $30-$48k.

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%.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #3 spot on the list. UNL is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 14 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $13,508 for plains states region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Landscape Architecture Report

#4

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State is $16,273 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at South Dakota State University

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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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