Top California Landscape Architecture Schools : Programs, Colleges, Degrees, Courses, Classes, Certification, Training

Landscape Architecture Schools in California

California contains 39 schools that offer landscape architecture programs. University of Southern California, the highest-ranking landscape architecture school in CA, has a total student population of 34,824 and is the 10th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 39 landscape architecture schools in California, only 31 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Southern California comes out as the most expensive ($25,638/yr), with Abram Friedman Occupational Center as the lowest recorded at only $504/yr.

Landscape Architecture students from California 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 California alone, there are 110,070 employed landscaping and groundskeeping workers earning an average yearly salary of $27,780. Landscape architects in this state earn $74,720/yr and there are 3,160 employed.

Also, within the landscape architecture schools in California, the average student population is 4,206 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from landscape architecture, there are 18354 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,230 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $1,817, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Landscape Architecture Programs in California

University of Southern California

Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

University of California-Davis

Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

Levels offered: Bachelors

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

Levels offered: Bachelors

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

West Valley College

Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

Levels offered: Associates

MiraCosta College

Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

Levels offered: Associates

San Diego Mesa College

Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

Levels offered: Associates

Modesto Junior College

Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

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More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state in the United States.
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