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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

4 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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 Plains States region, there were 74 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $30,100 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 4 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Iowa State University is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 25 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,228 for plains states region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Iowa State University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Iowa State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. North Dakota State University is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $75-$110k list, North Dakota State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $18,389 for plains states region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 14 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UNL is $19,663 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full UNL Landscape Architecture Report

#4

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 4 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $75-$110k list, South Dakota State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $20,754 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend South Dakota State University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at South Dakota State University

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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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