2023 Best Value Environmental Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Environmental Design Bachelor's Degree 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Environmental Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for environment design students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Environmental Design
Our 2023 rankings named University of Houston the best value school in the Southwest Region for environmental design students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UH are $21,891 a year.
UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 per year. The average amount in student loans that environment design majors at ASU - Tempe take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $23,299.
ASU - Tempe also claimed a spot on our Best Environmental Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value environmental design schools in the Southwest Region . UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.
UNM undergraduate students pay an average of $25,243 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Environmental Design Colleges by State
Explore the best environmental design schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 39 |
| Arizona | 59 |
| New Mexico | 28 |
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Majors Related to Environment Design
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 3 schools only.
- 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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