Kentucky contains two schools that offer landscape architecture programs. University of Kentucky, the highest-ranking landscape architecture school in KY, has a total student population of 26,295 and is the 152nd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 2 landscape architecture schools in Kentucky, both of them have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Kentucky comes out as the most expensive ($13,430/yr), with Cincinnati State Technical and Community College as the lowest recorded at only $11,026/yr.
Landscape Architecture students from Kentucky 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 Kentucky alone, there are 7,360 employed landscaping and groundskeeping workers earning an average yearly salary of $22,340. Landscape architects in this state earn $50,720/yr and there are 200 employed.
Also, within the landscape architecture schools in Kentucky, the average student population is 2,555 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from landscape architecture, there are 2859 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,477 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,117, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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