by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 926 people earned their degree in landscape architecture, making the major the 247th most popular in the United States. In , landscape architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $49,385 and had an average of $33,270 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 94 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,998 and $21,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,415 and $23,858 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in landscape architecture. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their landscape architecture program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree landscape students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ball State University is a fairly large public school situated in Muncie, Indiana. It awarded 13 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Landscape Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s landscape degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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