2025 Best Landscape Architecture Schools in California
3Colleges in California
151Landscape Degrees Awarded
$53,021Avg Early-Career Salary
Landscape Architecture degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #247 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of landscape architecture. Combined, these schools handed out 151 degrees in landscape architecture to qualified students.
Your choice of landscape architecture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for landscape architecture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Landscape Architecture Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Landscape Architecture in California
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the landscape degree levels they offer.
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in landscape architecture. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Pomona. This university ranks 60th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 74 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly Pomona in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, landscape degree recipients usually earn an average of $47,253 at the beginning of their careers.
It is difficult to beat California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo if you wish to pursue a degree in landscape architecture. Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 22nd out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 27 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent year we have data available. Those landscape architecture students who get their degree from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo make $5,310 more than the typical landscape student.
Every student who is interested in landscape architecture needs to look into University of California - Berkeley. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were approximately 18 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the landscape program make an average of $43,413 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of landscape architecture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for landscape architecture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
