2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region

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 Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 New England region, there were 74 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,100 and $37,306 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 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.

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 Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$61,090 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Harvard is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 9 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also took the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Harvard

#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Massachusetts Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s landscape degrees to qualified students.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Landscape Architecture Report

#3

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$25,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston Architectural College landed the #3 spot on the list. Boston Architectural College is a small school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 11 masters’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston Architectural College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston Architectural College are $25,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Boston Architectural College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (Income $75-$110k)

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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