2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
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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 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 Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. University of Florida is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UF is $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, 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 97%.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 15 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.
Mississippi State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State is $16,173 for southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s landscape degrees to qualified students.
UGA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Georgia is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 3 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students.
The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s landscape degrees to qualified students.
UARK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UARK is $16,381 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree landscape students list, Louisiana State University has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $15,465 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students per year to attend Louisiana State University.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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Clemson University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 25 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.
Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Clemson University is $20,008 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.
University of Kentucky came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s landscape degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.
UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UK is $17,127 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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- *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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