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Best Value Environmental Design Schools in California

2023 Best Value Environmental Design Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$37,865 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,527 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Design School for You

In 2020-2021, 49 degrees and certificates were awarded to environmental design students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #251 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Value Environmental Design Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for environment design students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Environmental Design

$14,226 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in California for environmental design students. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,226 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UC Berkeley is ranked #3 for overall quality for environment design in California.

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental design schools in California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USC are $61,503 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, USC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Environmental Design Schools in California list.

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Best Value Environmental Design Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Environmental Design Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Oregon 6
Hawaii 39

Environmental Design is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 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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