2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 728 people earned their degree in environmental design, making the major the 255th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, environmental design graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,900 and had an average of $23,950 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 131 environmental design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,693 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 environmental design graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in environmental design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental design programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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The environment design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. USF Tampa is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 3 masters’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126.

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#2

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environment design degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Clemson also made our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Design at Clemson University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design (Income $0-$30k)

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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