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2025 Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southeast Region

3 Colleges in the Southeast Region
136 Environment Design Degrees Awarded
$40,700 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in environmental design, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #258 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 136 degrees in environmental design to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Environmental Design School

Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southeast Region Your choice of environmental design school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Environmental Design School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pick Your Environmental Design Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Environment Design
Master's Degrees in Environment Design
Doctor's Degrees in Environment Design

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 Schools in the Southeast 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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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Environmental Design in the Southeast Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the environment design degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Southeast Region Schools in Environment Design

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NC
34 Environment Design Degrees Awarded

North Carolina State University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in environmental design. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #122 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 34 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.

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Auburn University
Auburn, AL
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$44,929 Median Starting Salary

Auburn University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in environmental design. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.

There were approximately 27 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent year we have data available. Those environmental design students who get their degree from Auburn University receive $4,229 more than the standard environment design graduate.

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Masters Degree Type
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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In FL
31 Environment Design Degrees Awarded

Every student who is interested in environmental design has to look into Florida Atlantic University. Located in the small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 22nd out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were approximately 31 environmental design students who graduated with this degree at FAU in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Environmental Design Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental design schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Georgia 287 1
Florida 282 27
North Carolina 279 31
Virginia 274 9
Tennessee 269 8
South Carolina 248 5
Alabama 233 41

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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 135
Healthcare Environment Design/Architecture 1

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Related Major Annual Graduates
General Architecture 1,039
Architectural Sciences & Technology 950
Urban & Regional Planning 366
Landscape Architecture 241
Interior Architecture 188
Architecture (Other) 84
Real Estate Development 74
Architectural History 24

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