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2022 Best Value Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
141 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 141 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,900 and $28,635 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the landscape architecture program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

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 #1 for the Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Austin is $15,757 for Southwest Region Landscape students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 31 ’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,421 for southwest region landscape students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Texas Tech Landscape Architecture Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $14,698 for southwest region landscape students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 44 ’s landscape 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 Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,810 for southwest region landscape students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Landscape Architecture Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 29 degrees to qualified ’s landscape students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $14,033 for southwest region landscape students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

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

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Arizona State University - Tempe

The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. UT Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 7 ’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,622 for southwest region landscape students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UT Arlington.

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#7

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

With a ranking of #7, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $16,557 for southwest region landscape students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full UNM 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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