Landscape Architecture

A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of landscape architecture and research in various aspects of the field. Includes instruction in geology and hydrology; soils, groundcovers, and horticultural elements; project and site planning; landscape design, history, and theory; environmental design; applicable law and regulations; and professional responsibilities and standards.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 60 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2784 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

614

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

276

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,858

awards given

Top Schools for Landscape Architecture

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	279
2	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	144
3	University of Georgia Athens, GA	123
4	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	120
5	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	96
6	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	93
7	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	81
8	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	78
9	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	75
10	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	72
11	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	72
12	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	72
13	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	66
14	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	66
15	Ball State University Muncie, IN	63
16	Clemson University Clemson, SC	60
17	Florida International University Miami, FL	57
18	Conway School of Landscape Design Northampton, MA	54
19	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	54
20	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	54
21	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	51
22	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	51
23	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	51
24	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	48
25	University of Delaware Newark, DE	45
26	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	42
27	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	42
28	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	39
29	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	39
30	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	39
31	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	36
32	CUNY City College New York, NY	36
33	Auburn University Auburn, AL	36
34	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	36
35	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	30
36	Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA	30
37	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	27
38	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	27
39	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	24
40	North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC	24
41	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	24
42	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	24
43	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	24
44	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	21
45	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus Gurabo, PR	21
46	Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland, OH	20
47	Boston Architectural College Boston, MA	15
48	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	12
49	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	12
50	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	12
51	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	9
52	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	9
53	Iowa State University Ames, IA	9
54	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	9
55	MiraCosta College Oceanside, CA	7
56	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	6
57	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	6
58	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	6
59	Morgan State University Baltimore, MD	3
60	West Valley College Saratoga, CA	3