2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture in the Southwest Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Design Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Environmental Design & Architecture is the 505th most popular major in the country with 704 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 100 environmental design & architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 77 environmental design & architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Design Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental design & architecture. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their environmental design & architecture program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Design Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree environmental design students.
Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design & Architecture in the Southwest Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Design Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Environmental Design & Architecture Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Design Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s environmental design degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full ASU - Tempe Environmental Design & Architecture Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Design Major in the Southwest Region. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 7 bachelors’s environmental design degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full University of Houston Environmental Design & 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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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