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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
72 Degrees Awarded
$24,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 141 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,600 and $27,833 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 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.

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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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Rutgers New Brunswick is $21,654 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at Rutgers New Brunswick

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 3 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $19,045 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students with aid per year to attend University of Maryland - College Park.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at University of Maryland - College Park

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is a small public school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 17 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students with aid list, ESF has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is $19,737 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Landscape students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

#4

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 13 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cornell is $40,126 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at Cornell University

#5

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s landscape students in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $23,521 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students with aid per year to attend Temple University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Temple Landscape Architecture Report

#6

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Thomas Jefferson University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s landscape students in 2019-2020.

Thomas Jefferson University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Thomas Jefferson University is $25,162 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree landscape students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Thomas Jefferson University Landscape Architecture Report

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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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