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2023 Best Value Landscape Architecture Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$45,053 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Landscape Architecture Graduate Certificate School for You

Landscape Architecture is the #250 most popular major in the country with 905 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Landscape Architecture Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for landscape 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Landscape Architecture Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for landscape majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Landscape Architecture

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Davis the best value school in the Far Western US Region for landscape architecture students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Davis are $28,710 per year.

Read full report on Landscape Architecture at University of California - Davis

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great value for landscape architecture students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

USC graduate students pay an average of $61,396 in tuition and fees each year.

USC also claimed a spot on our Best Landscape Architecture Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Landscape Architecture at University of Southern California Report

Best Landscape Architecture Colleges by State

Explore the best landscape architecture colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 154
Washington 0
Oregon 25
Nevada 15
Hawaii 7

Landscape Architecture 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
Environmental Design 741
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to La Citta Vita.

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