Tucson, AZ (population: 551,067) has two landscape architecture schools within its city limits. University of Arizona, the highest ranked school in the city with a landscape architecture program, has a total student population of 38,767. It is the 834th highest ranked school in the USA and the 5th highest in the state of Arizona (#1 is Northern Arizona University). To learn more about landscape architecture programs in Tucson, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of landscape architecture professors at University of Arizona such as Josh Blair, Richard (Rocky) Brittain, Jeffery Brooks, Colbi Campbell, Kathleen Carleton, and Nader Chalfoun.
Landscape Architecture students from Tucson schools who go on to become landscape architects, landscape designers, landscapers, landscape supervisors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 18,940 people working as landscape architects alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,910. Also, Landscaping and groundskeeping workers make on average $25,340 per year and there are about 859,960 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Tucson area alone, there are 3,350 employed landscaping and groundskeeping workers earning an average salary of $22,880. Landscape architects in this area earn $44,530/yr and there are ** employed.
Tucson lies in Pima county, which is one of the 15 counties in Arizona. Overall, the Tucson area has 362,000 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $40,870 average annual salary. Thus, about ** out of every 1000 jobs in Tucson are held by landscape architects, and 9/1000 are held by landscaping and groundskeeping workers.
Of the 2 landscape architecture schools in Tucson, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Center Design College-Tucson comes out as the most expensive ($35,307/yr) for landscape architecture students, with University of Arizona as the lowest, reported at only $11,728/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Tucson |
| Sierra Vista | AZ | 44,234 | 0 | - | 0 | 55.0 miles |
| Casa Grande | AZ | 47,388 | 1 | 16.7022 | 3 | 68.8 miles |
| Maricopa | AZ | 53,723 | 0 | - | 0 | 90.0 miles |
| Gilbert | AZ | 243,090 | 0 | - | 0 | 93.1 miles |
| Chandler | AZ | 258,122 | 5 | 22.1433 | 88 | 95.1 miles |
| Mesa | AZ | 474,115 | 6 | 20.6791 | 210 | 97.8 miles |