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2022 Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
141 Degrees Awarded
$19,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in the Southwest 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 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 $75-$110k” 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region landscape students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 12 ’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $18,978 for Southwest Region Landscape students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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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 #2 for the Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 11 ’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region landscape students whose families make $75-$110k list, UT Austin has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Austin is $20,454 for Southwest Region Landscape students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified ’s landscape students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $21,305 for southwest region landscape students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Texas Tech University.

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

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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 29 ’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $17,373 for southwest region landscape students whose families make $75-$110k.

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

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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Arlington, Texas, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified ’s landscape students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region landscape students whose families make $75-$110k list, UT Arlington has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Arlington is $16,473 for southwest region landscape students whose families make $75-$110k.

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With a ranking of #6, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 44 ’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $26,028 for Southwest Region Landscape students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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#7

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #7. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s landscape degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $18,920 for Southwest Region Landscape students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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