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2022 Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

8 Ranked Colleges
133 Degrees Awarded
$20,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $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 Southeast region, there were 232 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,825 and $27,732 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 133 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 8 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the landscape architecture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s landscape students in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of Florida.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at UF

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s landscape degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

UGA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UGA.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at UGA

#3

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State University is $16,173 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make more than $110k.

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

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Mississippi State

#4

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 25 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make more than $110k list, Clemson has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $20,008 for southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Clemson University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Clemson University

#5

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make more than $110k list, UARK has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UARK is $16,381 for southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at University of Arkansas

#6

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

Virginia Tech came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s landscape degrees to qualified students.

Virginia Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Virginia Tech.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Virginia Tech

#6 in overall quality

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 14 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is $15,465 for southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make more than $110k.

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

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#8

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#8 in overall quality

University of Kentucky ranked #8 on this year’s Best Vallue Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UK is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for UK is $17,127 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make more than $110k.

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

Read more about Landscape Architecture at University of Kentucky

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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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