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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design (Income $30-$48k)

6 Ranked Colleges
47 Degrees Awarded
$25,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master's For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 environmental design graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in environmental design. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental design 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 program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Design (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 2 masters’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #0 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042.

Read full report on Environmental Design at Cornell University

#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s environment design students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Design at Northeastern University

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environment design degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Design at University of South Florida - Main Campus

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 13 masters’s environment design degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Design at The University of Texas at Austin

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s environment design degrees to qualified students.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Design at Iowa State

#6

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Clemson University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environment Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clemson, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Design Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246.

Read more about Environmental Design at Clemson

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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