2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 62 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,700 and $27,556 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in landscape architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality landscape architecture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the landscape architecture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree landscape students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UW - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 2 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#2

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$26,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Ball State University is a public institution located in Muncie, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State University are $26,204, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Ball State University Landscape Architecture Report

#3

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Kent State is a large public school situated in Kent, Ohio. It awarded 1 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State University at Kent are $21,952, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Kent State University at Kent

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $30-$48k)

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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