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2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

8 Ranked Colleges
133 Degrees Awarded
$44,825 Avg Salary
Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southeast region, there were 232 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,825 and $27,732 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 133 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in landscape architecture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent landscape architecture programs, but they also cost less that 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 Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 10 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

UF also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for UF is $8,528 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at UF

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s landscape degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Georgia is $14,748 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Georgia Landscape Architecture Report

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #3 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 3 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $48-$75k list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $19,067 for southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Virginia Tech Landscape Architecture Report

#4

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 15 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi State University is $18,007 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Mississippi State

#5

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #5 spot on the list. Clemson University is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 25 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clemson, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Clemson is $18,971 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Clemson

#6

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#7 in overall quality

University of Arkansas landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. UARK is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for UARK is $16,336 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

Full University of Arkansas Landscape Architecture Report

#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of Kentucky did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Kentucky is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 15 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $48-$75k list, UK has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UK is $15,733 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at University of Kentucky

#6 in overall quality

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s landscape students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is $17,328 for southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full Louisiana State University 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%.

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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