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2023 Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$27,862 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,917 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Landscape Architecture School for You

In 2020-2021, 11 degrees and certificates were awarded to landscape architecture students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #220 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for landscape students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools in California

Check out the landscape programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Landscape Architecture

$7,439 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named California State Polytechnic University - Pomona the best value school in California for landscape architecture students. Cal Poly Pomona is a very large public school located in the suburb of Pomona.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal Poly Pomona are $7,439 per year.

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$14,645 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Landscape Architecture Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

UC Davis undergraduate students pay an average of $14,645 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best landscape architecture schools in California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USC are $61,503 per year.

USC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Landscape Architecture Schools in California list.

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Best Value Landscape Architecture Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Landscape Architecture Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 17
Hawaii 7

Landscape Architecture 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
Real Estate Development 223
Interior Architecture 169

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 La Citta Vita.

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