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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
62 Degrees Awarded
$27,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 141 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,600 and $27,833 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in landscape architecture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great landscape architecture programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree landscape students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

The City College of New York

New York, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The City College of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s landscape degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

CCNY also took the #5 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The City College of New York are $20,832, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at CCNY

#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 8 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Rutgers New Brunswick

#3

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s landscape degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Landscape Architecture Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 10 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

ESF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ESF are $24,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

#5

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 28 diplomas to qualified masters’s landscape students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Cornell

#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Temple University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Temple is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 5 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Temple University 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%.

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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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