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2023 Most Popular Environmental Design Schools in the Plains States Region

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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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Environmental Design Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which programs were the most popular 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 Minnesota - Twin Cities the most popular school in the Plains States Region for environmental design students. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 3 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.

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The excellent programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental design schools in the Plains States Region . Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

Full Environmental Design at Iowa State University Report

Best Environmental Design Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental design schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 14
Iowa 5
North Dakota 13

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 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.

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