2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains 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 Master’s in the Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 51 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,900 and $22,495 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in landscape architecture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great landscape architecture programs and 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. 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 Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. CU Anschutz is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915.

Full CU Anschutz Landscape Architecture Report

#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. U of I is a public institution located in Moscow, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Landscape Architecture at University of Idaho

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture (With Aid)

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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