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

Landscape Architecture Schools in Florida

Florida contains fourteen schools that offer landscape architecture programs. Florida International University, the highest-ranking landscape architecture school in FL, has a total student population of 39,610 and is the 197th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 14 landscape architecture schools in Florida, only 8 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Miami Dade College comes out as the most expensive ($13,569/yr), with Washington-Holmes Technical Center as the lowest recorded at only $875/yr.

Landscape Architecture students from Florida 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 Florida alone, there are 76,880 employed landscaping and groundskeeping workers earning an average yearly salary of $23,320. Landscape architects in this state earn $63,870/yr and there are 1,480 employed.

Also, within the landscape architecture schools in Florida, the average student population is 3,322 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from landscape architecture, there are 7625 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,875 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,879, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Landscape Architecture Programs in Florida

Florida International University

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

Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

University of Florida

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

Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Florida Interesting Facts

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Saint Augustine is the oldest European settlement in North America.
The name Punta Gorda, which means, "fat point" when translated from Spanish. The moniker was given to the city because a broad part of the land in Punta Gorda juts into Charlotte Harbor. The harbor itself is somewhat unique, as it is the point where the Peace River meets the ocean.
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New England Congregationalists who sought to bring their style of liberal arts education to the state founded Rollins College, the oldest college in Florida, in Winter Park in 1885.

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