Environmental Design Architecture

A program that prepares individuals to design public and private spaces, indoor and outdoor, for leisure, recreational, commercial, and living purposes, and for professional practice as environmental designers and architects. Includes instruction in the design and planning of public and private open spaces and their relationship to buildings and other aspects of the built environment; facilities management; related aspects of interior design and architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning; and professional responsibilities and standards.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 38 institutions across the United States, with a total of 1974 degrees awarded annually.

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

551

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,316

awards given

Top Schools for Environmental Design Architecture

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	387
2	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	174
3	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	153
4	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan, PR	141
5	Auburn University Auburn, AL	123
6	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	111
7	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	96
8	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	81
9	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	72
10	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	66
11	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	57
12	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	54
13	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	51
14	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	42
15	Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA	39
16	Clemson University Clemson, SC	39
17	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	36
18	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	33
19	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	27
20	Utah State University Logan, UT	24
21	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	24
22	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	21
23	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	18
24	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	15
25	Portland State University Portland, OR	15
26	Delaware Valley University Doylestown, PA	12
27	Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM	12
28	University of Houston Houston, TX	9
29	Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD	6
30	Northeastern University Boston, MA	6
31	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	6
32	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	6
33	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	3
34	Ball State University Muncie, IN	3
35	NHTI-Concord's Community College Concord, NH	3
36	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	3
37	University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus Gallup, NM	3
38	Marywood University Scranton, PA	3