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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Middle Atlantic Region

6 Ranked Colleges
72 Degrees Awarded
$24,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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 Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Middle Atlantic Region

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #1 spot on the list. ESF is a small school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 17 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students list, ESF has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is $19,737 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, 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 86%.

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#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s landscape degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students list, Rutgers New Brunswick has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $21,654 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students per year to attend Rutgers New Brunswick.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

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#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 Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s landscape degrees to qualified students.

UMCP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UMCP is $19,045 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s landscape degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Temple also took the #6 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Temple University is $23,521 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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#5

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thomas Jefferson University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Thomas Jefferson University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Thomas Jefferson University is $25,162 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#6

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

Cornell University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Cornell is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 13 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students list, Cornell has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $40,126 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students per year to attend Cornell University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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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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