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

5 Ranked Colleges
42 Degrees Awarded
$23,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 141 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,900 and $28,635 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The landscape school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s landscape degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Arizona State University - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree landscape students whose families make $30-$48k list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Arlington, Texas, and it awarded 7 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Arlington are $23,376, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s landscape degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #4 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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