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2023 Best Environmental Design Schools

18 Colleges
$36,901 Avg Salary
$21,331 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Environmental Design School for You

Environmental Design is the #255 most popular major in the country with 114 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Environmental Design Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 18 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Environmental Design Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for environment design majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Environmental Design Schools

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best school in the United States for environmental design students. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Environmental Design Schools list. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Environmental Design Schools list. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.

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Out of the 18 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 4 spot on the list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental design schools in the United States. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.

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#6

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Clemson University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best environmental design programs. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public college with a very large student population.

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#7

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

University of Miami came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Environmental Design Schools ranking. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables.

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#8

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Georgia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for environmental design students. It came in at #8 on the list. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Athens.

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#9

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Environmental Design Schools ranking. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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Iowa State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best environmental design programs. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Environmental Design by Region

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Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Environmental Design is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 3,366
Urban & Regional Planning 1,613
General Architecture 1,096
Landscape Architecture 285
Real Estate Development 223

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 18 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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