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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

2 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$21,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 997 people earned their degree in landscape architecture, making the major the 224th most popular in the United States. 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 51 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,900 and $22,495 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in landscape architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality landscape architecture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the landscape architecture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s landscape degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree landscape students whose families make $75-$110k list, U of I has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Idaho is $17,509 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at University of Idaho

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s landscape students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins is $24,440 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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%.

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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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