2025 Best Landscape Architecture Schools in the Southeast Region
8Colleges in the Southeast Region
241Landscape 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for landscape architecture students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 241 degrees in landscape architecture to qualified students.
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. 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.
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 Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Landscape Architecture in the Southeast Region
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.
Any student pursuing a degree in landscape architecture needs to check out University of Georgia. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 52 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, landscape degree recipients usually make around $54,777 in the first five years of their career.
Clemson University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in landscape architecture. Located in the midsize suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #149 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Clemson is a great university overall.
There were approximately 27 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in landscape architecture needs to check out University of Florida. UF is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in landscape architecture has to look into Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 12 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Louisiana State University is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge. This university ranks 2nd out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were roughly 19 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent data year.
UT Knoxville is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville. This university ranks 2nd out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 30 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent year we have data available.
UARK is a very large public university located in the city of Fayetteville. This university ranks 1st out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 22 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were approximately 7 landscape architecture students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year.
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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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. 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.
