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2023 Best Value Environmental Design Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,997 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,307 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Design School for You

In 2020-2021, 151 degrees and certificates were awarded to environmental design students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #90 most popular major in the state.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Environmental Design Schools in Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Colorado to see which 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.

2023 Best Value Environmental Design Schools in Colorado

Check out the environment design programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Environmental Design

$9,384 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the best value school in Colorado for environmental design students. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU Anschutz are $9,384 per year.

CU Anschutz also claimed a spot on our Best Environmental Design Schools in Colorado list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Environmental Design at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Design Schools in Colorado list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU - Boulder are $12,610 per year. Environment Design majors at CU - Boulder take out an average of $20,765 in student loans while working on their egree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $295, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

CU - Boulder also took the #5 spot in our Best Environmental Design Schools in Colorado rankings.

Read full report on Environmental Design at University of Colorado Boulder

Best Value Environmental Design Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Environmental Design Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 6

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 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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