Maryland contains two schools that offer landscape architecture programs. Morgan State University, the highest-ranking landscape architecture school in MD, has a total student population of 7,226 and is the 3285th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 2 landscape architecture schools in Maryland, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Morgan State University comes out as the most expensive ($9,978/yr), with Wor-Wic Community College as the lowest recorded at only $8,928/yr.
Landscape Architecture students from Maryland 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 Maryland alone, there are 16,680 employed landscaping and groundskeeping workers earning an average yearly salary of $26,570. Landscape architects in this state earn $72,170/yr and there are 570 employed.
Also, within the landscape architecture schools in Maryland, the average student population is 3,835 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from landscape architecture, there are 2792 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,442 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $6,052, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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