2025 Best Environmental Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in environmental design sits in the middle of the road, ranking #191 out of 363 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Environmental Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 64 bachelor's degrees in environmental design during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to environmental design students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of environmental design students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt environmental design students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized environmental design related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for environmental design students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 the Best Environmental Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Environmental Design in the Far Western US Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for environmental design students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Environment Design

1

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

24 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of California - Berkeley if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in environmental design. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in environmental design from University of California - Berkeley

2

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

27 Annual Graduates

$37,849 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in environmental design needs to look into University of Hawaii at Manoa. Located in the large city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public university with a large student population.

Soon after graduating, environment design bachelor's recipients typically earn an average of $37,849 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in environmental design from University of Hawaii at Manoa

Best Environmental Design Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental design colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	37
Washington	226	0
Hawaii	112	39

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Rankings in Majors Related to Environment Design

Environmental Design is one of 8 different types of Architecture & Related Services programs to choose from.

Environment Design Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Environmental Design & Architecture	64

Majors Similar to Environment Design

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology	620
General Architecture	451
Landscape Architecture	178
Urban & Regional Planning	151
Real Estate Development	147
Interior Architecture	73
Architectural History	21

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Stan9999. More about our data sources and methodologies.