2023 Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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 the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
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2023 Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the environment design programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Environmental Design
Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in the Southwest Region for environmental design students. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year.
UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region list.
The excellent programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental design schools in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas Tech are $24,121 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
Read full report on Environmental Design at Texas Tech University
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great value for environmental design students. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UH are $21,891 per year.
UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 a year.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #4 spot in our Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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 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 is $21,000.
ASU - Tempe also claimed a spot on our Best Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
Read full report on Environmental Design at Arizona State University - Tempe
The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Design Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UTSA are $21,528 a year.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value environmental design programs. 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.
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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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 7 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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