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

6 Ranked Colleges
62 Degrees Awarded
$27,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 997 people earned their degree in landscape architecture, making the major the 224th most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 141 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,600 and $27,833 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 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.

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 Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Cornell is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042.

Full Cornell University Landscape Architecture Report

#2

The City College of New York

New York, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The City College of New York landed the #2 spot on the list. CCNY is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CCNY, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CCNY are $20,832, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at CCNY

#3

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 1 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP also took the #0 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Syracuse, New York, this small public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s landscape students in 2019-2020.

ESF also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at ESF are $24,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s landscape degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rutgers New Brunswick, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

With a ranking of #6, Temple University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Temple is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 5 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236.

Full Temple 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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