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2023 Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region

7 Colleges
$21,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Environmental Design School for You

Environmental Design is the #258 most popular major in the country with 741 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Environmental Design Colleges.

Top Southwest Region Schools in Environmental Design

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best school in the Southwest Region for environmental design students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

Read full report on Environmental Design at The University of Texas at Austin

#2

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental design schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Read full report on Environmental Design at Texas A&M University - College Station

#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental design schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

The average amount in student loans that environment design majors at ASU - Tempe take out is $21,000.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UTSA is a very large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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With a ranking of #7, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for environmental design students. UNM is a very large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

Read full report on Environmental Design at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Best Environmental Design Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental design colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 39
Arizona 59
New Mexico 28

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One of 8 majors within the area of study, environmental design has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Environment Design

Related Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 6,781
General Architecture 4,982
Urban & Regional Planning 2,419
Landscape Architecture 905
Interior Architecture 728

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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