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2023 Best Value Environmental Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$38,657 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Environmental Design Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, environmental design was ranked #258 in the country. In fact 741 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Environmental Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Environmental Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Environmental Design

#1

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

Our analysis found University of Oregon to be the best value school for environmental design students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . UO is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Eugene.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UO are $30,567 per year.

Full Environmental Design at University of Oregon Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC are $61,396 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, USC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Environmental Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Environmental Design at University of Southern California Report

Out of the 3 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Portland State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Portland.

Portland State University graduate students pay an average of $24,009 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Environmental Design at Portland State University

Best Environmental Design Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental design colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 49
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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Stan9999.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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