2025 Best Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region

If you plan on majoring in environmental design & architecture, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #505 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 100 degrees in environmental design & architecture to qualified students.

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Pick Your Environmental Design & Architecture Degree Level

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 Environmental Design & Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Environmental Design & Architecture in the Southwest Region

The schools below may not offer all types of environmental design degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Southwest Region Schools in Environmental Design

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

58 Environmental Design Degrees Awarded

Every student pursuing a degree in environmental design & architecture needs to check out Arizona State University - Tempe. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tempe.More information about a degree in environmental design & architecture from Arizona State University - Tempe

2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a great option for students pursuing a degree in environmental design & architecture. UNM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Albuquerque.More information about a degree in environmental design & architecture from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Best Environmental Design & Architecture Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental design & architecture colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	905	20
Arizona	670	59
New Mexico	416	28

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Environmental Design & Architecture Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Environmental Design area of study, Environmental Design & Architecture has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Environmental Design

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Healthcare Environment Design/Architecture	7

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Notes and References

• 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.