2025 Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region
4Colleges in the Southwest Region
103Landscape Degrees Awarded
$53,021Avg Early-Career Salary
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in landscape architecture. It is ranked #247 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 103 degrees in landscape architecture annually.
The landscape program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Landscape Architecture rankings. We derive our Best Overall Landscape Architecture School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Landscape Architecture in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of landscape degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Texas A&M University - College Station is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in landscape architecture. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of College Station. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 34 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the landscape program state that they receive average early career wages of $54,214.
Any student pursuing a degree in landscape architecture has to check out The University of Texas at Austin. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in landscape architecture. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 20 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the landscape program make an average of $49,444 for their early career.
Every student who is interested in landscape architecture has to check out Texas Tech University. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 23 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the landscape program earn about $54,701 in the first couple years of working.
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.
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The landscape program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Landscape Architecture rankings. We derive our Best Overall Landscape Architecture School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
