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2023 Most Popular Environmental Design Schools in California

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$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 Most Popular Environmental Design Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Environmental Design program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Environmental Design Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the most popular school in California for environmental design students. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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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 very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Full Environmental Design at University of Southern California Report

The excellent programs at Otis College of Art and Design helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental design schools in California. Otis College of Art and Design is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Read full report on Environmental Design at Otis College of Art and Design

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - Davis is a great place for environmental design students. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - Irvine is a great place for environmental design students. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Environmental Design Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Environmental Design Schools 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 5 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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