2025 Best Environmental Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Environmental Design isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #191 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

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 Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 49 bachelor's degrees in environmental design to qualified students.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on environmental design students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other environmental design students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for environmental design to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• 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 schools for environmental design students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Environmental Design Schools

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 Southwest Region.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Environmental Design in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in environmental design.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Environment Design

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

32 Annual Graduates

$37,226 Median Starting Salary

$38,038 Median Student Debt

Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in environmental design. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Tempe.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the environment design program report average early career income of $37,226.

More information about a bachelor’s in environmental design from Arizona State University - Tempe

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

14 Annual Graduates

University of New Mexico - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in environmental design. UNM is a very large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque.More information about a bachelor’s in environmental design from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Best Environmental Design Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	245	5
Arizona	200	59
New Mexico	133	22

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Environmental Design Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Architecture & Related Services area of study, Environmental Design has other similar majors worth exploring.

Environment Design Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Environmental Design & Architecture	49

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Architecture	874
Urban & Regional Planning	268
Architectural Sciences & Technology	149
Landscape Architecture	55
Interior Architecture	47
Architectural History	3

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.