To be successful, firms and organizations in landscape architecture need people who are talented and well-trained. Leaders and hiring managers in these types of organizations have a strong interest in the education and preparation of students who are the future workforce of the profession. Through hiring and working with graduates of many different programs, the leaders and hiring managers of landscape architecture firms have a perspective on the relative strengths of schools and how well graduates are prepared for professional practice. Below are the most admired landscape architecture schools from the DesignIntelligence 2019 School Rankings Survey.
School Name | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
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Pennsylvania State University | 3 | 1 |
Louisiana State University | 1 | 2 |
Cornell University | 2 | 3 |
University of Georgia | 4 | 4 |
Ohio State University | 5 | 5 |
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | 6 | 6 |
Purdue University | 7 | 7 |
Ball State University | 12 | 8 |
Michigan State University | 10 | 9 |
Iowa State University | 8 | 10 |
Texas A&M University | 9 | 11 |
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | 11 | 12 |
Virginia Tech | 14 | 13 |
Clemson University | 18 | 14 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 13 | 15 |
University of Oregon | 17 | 16 |
University of California, Davis | 14 | 17 |
University of Wisconsin, Madison | 19 | 18 |
University of Washington | 16 | 19 |
Arizona State University | 21 | 20 |
State University of New York, Syracuse | 24 | 21 |
Colorado State University | 26 | 22 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst | 23 | 23 |
University of Kentucky | 20 | 24 |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 25 | 25 |
School Name | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
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Harvard University | 1 | 1 |
Cornell University | 3 | 2 |
University of Pennsylvania | 2 | 3 |
Louisiana State University | 5 | 4 |
University of Virginia | 7 | 5 |
University of California, Berkeley | 6 | 6 |
Pennsylvania State University | 11 | 7 |
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS | 4 | 8 |
Rhode Island School of Design | 9 | 9 |
University of Georgia | 8 | 10 |
Ohio State University | 10 | 11 |
Ball State University | 24 | 12 |
University of Michigan | 12 | 12 |
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | 16 | 14 |
Texas A&M University | 13 | 15 |
University of Texas, Austin | 15 | 16 |
University of Washington | 13 | 16 |
Virginia Tech | 16 | 18 |
North Carolina State University | 18 | 19 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 18 | 19 |
University of Oregon | 21 | 21 |
Iowa State University | 21 | 22 |
Arizona State University | — | 23 |
Clemson University | — | 23 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst | — | 25 |