2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in Virginia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Virginia, there were 9 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,400 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree landscape students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in Virginia list. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 6 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Virginia Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Virginia Tech

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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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