2024 Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
53Landscape Degrees Awarded
$47,898Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in landscape architecture, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #247 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 53 degrees in landscape architecture during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The landscape program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Landscape Architecture rankings. For our Best Overall Landscape Architecture School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Landscape Architecture in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the landscape degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's hard to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you wish to pursue a degree in landscape architecture. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 21 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Iowa State University if you wish to pursue a degree in landscape architecture. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the city of Ames. A Best Colleges rank of #75 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the landscape program make around $47,898 for their early career.
North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in landscape architecture. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 12 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Dakota.
There were approximately 13 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at North Dakota State University in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Nebraska - Lincoln if you wish to pursue a degree in landscape architecture. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were approximately 10 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The landscape program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Landscape Architecture rankings. For our Best Overall Landscape Architecture School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
