2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 62 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,700 and $27,556 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s landscape students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#2

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$26,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Muncie, Indiana, and it awarded 7 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State are $26,204.

Full Ball State University Landscape Architecture Report

#3

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 1 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State are $21,952.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Kent State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $75-$110k)

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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