Landscape Architecture isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #192 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of landscape architecture. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 44 bachelor's degrees in landscape architecture during the 2021-2022 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on landscape architecture students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other landscape architecture students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for landscape architecture to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized landscape architecture related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for landscape architecture students working on their bachelor's degree.
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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Landscape Architecture in the Great Lakes Region
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for landscape architecture students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Landscape
It is hard to beat Ball State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture. Ball State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Muncie.
Those landscape architecture students who get their bachelor's degree from Ball State University receive $4,789 more than the typical landscape graduate.
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).