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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” 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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 99 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,571 Average Net Price

$50,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 31 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree landscape students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Texas Tech

#2

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$14,648 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. OSU is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 12 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students.

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

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#3

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#4 in overall quality

$11,706 Average Net Price

$46,321 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s landscape degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students.

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

Full ASU - Tempe Landscape Architecture Report

#4

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,057 Average Net Price

$44,542 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Southwest 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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station 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%.

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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