by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 905 people earned their degree in landscape architecture, making the major the 247th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, landscape architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,957 and had an average of $24,403 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 35 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,539 and $16,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in landscape architecture. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their landscape architecture program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree landscape students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Idaho is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 5 masters’s landscape degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 1 masters’s landscape degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Utah State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified masters’s landscape students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s landscape students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Read more about Landscape Architecture at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
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