Environmental Design isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #191 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Environmental Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 49 bachelor's degrees in environmental design to qualified students.
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To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on environmental design students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other environmental design students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for environmental design to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized environmental design related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for environmental design students working on their bachelor's degree.
The environment design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Environmental Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in environmental design. ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Tempe.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the environment design program report average early career wages of $37,226.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
