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2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Landscape Architecture is the 224th most popular major in the country with 997 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, landscape architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $45,411 and had an average of $27,759 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 74 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,100 and $37,306 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in landscape architecture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent landscape architecture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the landscape architecture 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 landscape 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 Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Northeastern University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s landscape degrees to qualified students.

Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $10,239 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northeastern.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Northeastern Landscape Architecture Report

#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMass Amherst is $13,137 for new england region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $0-$30k list, URI has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rhode Island is $14,309 for new england region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at URI

#4

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston Architectural College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s landscape degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston Architectural College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $25,124 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Boston Architectural College.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Boston Architectural College

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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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