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2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
149 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 724 people earned their degree in environmental design and architecture, making the major the 500th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 149 environmental design and architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in environmental design and architecture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental design and architecture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental design and architecture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 83 ’s environmental design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $8,921 for Southwest Region Environmental Design students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Environmental Design & Architecture at Arizona State University - Tempe

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 ’s environmental design degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Austin is $13,575 for southwest region environmental design students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 Environmental Design & Architecture at UT Austin

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified ’s environmental design students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $13,326 for Southwest Region Environmental Design students whose families make $30-$48k.

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 Environmental Design & Architecture at Texas Tech

#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region environmental design students whose families make $30-$48k list, UH has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,925 for southwest region environmental design students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UH.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Environmental Design & Architecture at UH

#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s environmental design degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,458 for southwest region environmental design students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

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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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