Harvard University has been operating since 1636 and is known as the oldest institution in the nation. As part of the Ivy League, the university accommodates more than 20,000 students each year on a 209-acre campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Harvard’s Department of Landscape Architecture is home to the oldest academic program in landscape architecture around the globe. The mission of the university is to innovate design practices in architecture and natural environments. It guides students in their in-depth research and the intersection with the reality of urbanization and current climate change. Since 1900, the department offers degree programs in which students can earn a master’s degree in landscape architecture upon completion of the requirements needed. 

The University of Pennsylvania was formerly known as the College of Philadelphia with a motto of “Laws without morals are useless.” It is a private university that concentrates on research and was founded in 1740.

The university has more than 22,000 students and offers various academic courses, one of which is the top ranked landscape architecture degree. The program is known for its pioneering contributions to ecological and sustainable planning and design. Under the department of landscape architecture and regional planning, the students will learn to provide the innovative design as well as the techniques of construction, history of ideas, contemporary urbanism, and new media. 

As an Ivy League institution, Columbia University in New York City serves more than 30,000 students annually. It was first established 266 years ago as a royal institution until it became a private research university in 1776.   The landscape architecture department of the university has developed urban design programs that enhance the students’ skills and ideas to develop a better design, planning, and practice into urbanization. Through its world-class faculty and outstanding academic curriculum, students can obtain master’s or doctorate degrees in urban planning as well as become engaged in civil society and sustainable living. Courses such as architecture and urban design are professional education that can be completed in less than two years. 

Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York, and has been helping to improve the quality of life in communities, countries, and around the world. It was founded in 1865 as a private institution but with a public mission.   Cornell University provides various opportunities for students who have their own interests in different fields. Therefore, it has developed courses such as landscape architecture. With experienced and dedicated faculty, the students will be guided as they prepare for licensure exams through the graduate and undergraduate programs. It offers two master's degree courses, which focus on urban design, professional practice, landscape media, site assembly, and more. 

The University of Southern California has a 380-acre campus in Los Angeles, which can accommodate more than 46,000 students each year. The university focuses on research, technology, international business, and arts.  It offers graduate courses in landscape architecture, focusing on media and manufacturing, design studios, performance technology, ecology, history and theory, urbanization, and architecture. Throughout the program, students will learn side-by-side with industry professionals and learn how to conduct intensive fieldwork in the local community. The university’s School of Architecture aims to develop the mind of its students to become critical and innovative thinkers as well as to become leaders in the sustainable development of landscapes. 

The University of California, Berkeley is a public university established in 1868 as an advanced research institution. Its parent institution is the University of California, and the University of California in Berkeley is known as the first campus under its system.   In order to bring glory and happiness to the progressive generation in California, the university provides a landscape architecture program to attract and teach students to become professionals in community design and planning. It offers six programs which include the bachelor of arts that majors or minors in landscape architecture as well as master’s and doctorate degrees. In addition, it also offers summer and concurrent programs in landscape architecture and environmental planning.  

The purpose of the University of Virginia is to develop and enhance human knowledge in order to cultivate knowledgeable citizens and educational leaders. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and its campus is located in Charlottesville, Virginia.  Its 1,135-acre campus can accommodate more than 25,000 students who are studying graduate and undergraduate courses in various fields of study. Individuals who are interested to become landscape architects can enroll in the university’s landscape architecture graduate program that emphasizes design speculation, nascent technologies, and rigorous research. The master’s in landscape architecture can be completed within 2 to 3 years depending on which path the students choose. 

Northeastern University is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and provides world-class research and academic programs to its nearly 30,000 students every year. It has six campuses in various states in the United States, Canada and London.  The university offers a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture that focuses on ecology and urbanization. Through this course and with the help of experienced teachers, students will learn how to introduce sustainability planning into their design and aesthetics. It also allows students to spend a semester in Dublin, Ireland to further develop their academic knowledge and help them make progress in their careers. 

The University of Florida has a 2,000-acre campus located in Gainesville, Florida. It can accommodate up to 60,000 students yearly who are enrolled in its online and on-campus programs.  The College of Design, Construction, and Planning established the department of the landscape architect in 1933. It has the aim to enhance the practice and understanding of the profession of landscape architecture and train practitioners to provide service to the diverse communities of the state and the globe. Students who are enrolled in the landscape architecture programs can receive scholarships and fellowship awards; they will also be given an opportunity to study abroad with the guidance of the university’s faculty.

The University of California Davis (UC Davis) was established in 1905 with the name University Farm. As a research university, it can accommodate forty thousand students on its 2,967-acre campus located in Davis, California.  With the help of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the landscape architecture program was developed. It focused on community planning that makes outdoor spaces more livable, walkable, sustainable, and meaningful. The program will teach students to balance the built and natural environment and human cultures through its hands-on and outdoor laboratory classes. Upon graduation, graduates can have a career as an urban planner, garden designer, landscape ecologist, and more. 

The University of Texas at Austin has more than 50,000 students and provides 137 years of high-quality research education on campus. It is recognized as an Ivy League institution and has 17 libraries and various facilities, such as the McDonald’s Observatory.  It offers various courses through the Department of Architecture, such as historical preservation, sustainable design, urban design, community planning, interior design, and landscape architecture. Students participating in the landscape design course will master the knowledge of professional landscape architects to design public and private landscapes in the community. Upon completion, students will obtain a master’s degree in landscape architecture and studies. 

The University of Maryland has a mission to provide excellence in research, service, and teaching to educate and advance the knowledge of the students. It was established in 1856 and is part of the University of Maryland system.   It offers landscape architecture programs that develop the students’ ability to participate and lead in wise planning, artful design, and careful stewardship of the natural and cultural environments. Students can choose to enroll in the master’s, bachelor’s, or dual graduate degree programs in landscape architecture. Students will also learn to create outstanding creative designs for the community, urban, and ecological development. 

Since 1785, the University of Georgia has been providing world-class public education to students living in Athens, Georgia, and individuals all over the world. More than 38,000 students who are enrolled in the university can choose between the programs offered by 17 colleges.  

Aspiring landscape architects can enroll in the landscape architecture program that focuses on planning, water resources, historic preservation, design, ecology, and humanities. Students of the program will learn to meet the needs of the community by providing sustainable development plans for campuses, parks, plazas, trails, commercial, and residences. The university also provides a career center for graduates to extend and broaden their professional career opportunities. 

With more than 21,000 students across the globe, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo has 6 colleges that provide academic excellence and hands-on learning opportunities for students. It was established in 1901 and is one of the universities in the CSU system.

The college of architecture and environmental design has outlined a landscape architecture program that provides scholarships and internships for students. It uses a learning-centered approach in which students can develop professional skills and knowledge needed in the architectural field. Together with world-class professors, students will gain an understanding of cultural and natural systems that promote humanism, sustainable development, and responsible planning and design. 

The Ohio State University has a motto of “education for citizenship” and has been providing excellent academics and student services for 151 years. It has a 1,665-acre campus in Columbus that accommodates more than sixty thousand undergraduate and postgraduate students.

With its landscape architecture program, the university provides advancing research for its students to become knowledgeable in the designing and planning process. Students who are enrolled in the bachelor of science degree will learn about the significant discipline and ecological challenges in landscape development, while students of the master’s degree will become prepared to engage in landscape architecture while sustaining and maintaining the ecological and cultural practices. In addition, students can also participate in the undergraduate minor program in landscape architectural studies. 

For more than 140 years, the University of Connecticut has been committed to helping students and world-renowned teachers flourish and enter the competitive environment of the professional industry. Its campus fosters vibrant multiculturalism while seizing opportunities and meets the needs of a rapidly changing global society.

The landscape architecture program offered by UConn was created to inspire students to become responsible individuals that sustain the environment. Students enrolled in the program will experience intimate learning in a close-knit community that includes 6 faculty members. The program will prepare students to become professionals who practice research and design in regional projects and national communities, while protecting and restoring natural resources in the project. 

For more than 200 years of providing quality education, George Washington University has committed to creating a greater world. It is located in Washington, D.C., and serves more than twenty-seven thousand students annually.   It offers an architecture program that aims to help students become knowledgeable in designing and planning sustainable development for habitable environments such as basic residential, commercial, and institutional places. Students will enhance their skills in sketching as well as known to use computer-aided rendering and drafting. Aside from these, students will have a variety of internship and practicum opportunities that will help them have a rewarding career in landscape architecture. 

As a flagship public institution, the University of Washington has a 703-acre campus in Seattle, Washington, providing various fields of study for its nearly 50,000 students every year. It provides scholarship opportunities and research programs for its students and faculty.

The College of Built Environments offers a variety of landscape architecture certificate, graduate, undergraduate, and study abroad programs. It has a mission to create an environment that is not only for entertainment but with a purpose to become a social reform with its urban ecological designs. Through the programs, students will be able to become responsible designers for the benefit of the community and environment as well as to create a design that supports the well-being and health of all species. 

Located in South Carolina, Clemson University was founded in 1889 and its current president is James P. Clements. It provides nearly 300 academic programs in graduate and undergraduate degrees that mentor students in a wide variety of industries. 

Through the internationally renowned faculty members who are professionals in creating urban development, students who are enrolled in this program will learn how to observe the interests of the people to improve their lives by developing real estate and public places around the community. The focus of these programs is ecology, historical preservation, international research, and professional practice, all of which help people understand community development. In addition to academic courses, students can also choose to participate in local regional projects. 

North Carolina State University at Raleigh was first introduced as a higher institution of learning that focuses on engineering and agriculture. Now, this university is known as one of the leading institutions that provide world-class quality research and academic programs in the fields of business, technology, mathematics, engineering, and science.

NC State has developed a department that concentrates on landscape architecture and environmental planning. The courses offered by the department include professional and concurrent degrees, as well as postgraduate certificate courses in urban design, public interest design, disaster-resistant engineering and design, and geographic information systems. Through these programs, the students will enhance their strengths in technology, sustainable design of the urban and neighborhood districts, as well as apply their knowledge to reduce disaster losses to the communities. 

The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities has more than 50,000 passionate students studying on its 2,730-acre campus with the guidance of its twenty thousand dedicated staff and faculty. It has a mission to become unified in doing engaging outreach community programs, world-class education, and groundbreaking research.  Students enrolled in the landscape architecture degree will learn to become a leader in environmental design that practices sustainable design and planning. The program teaches students to use an incentive approach for transforming today’s landscapes as well as help them become prepared for local and global environmental challenges. Upon completion, graduates can obtain a successful career as environmental scientists and designers, landscape architects, and the like. 

Rutgers University in New Brunswick is the oldest university among the three major Rutgers campuses in the country. It was established in 1766 and its campus is located in New Jersey.  The Rutgers Department of Architecture offers various programs such as a master’s in landscape architecture, BS in environmental planning, graduate project and theses, BS in landscape architecture, as well as outreach programs that engage students in the community around them. The programs are recognized by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board that gives students the core knowledge in natural and social sciences. Students will also be able to improve environmental and human well-being through the sustainable architectural projects. 

Founded by John Purdue, Purdue University was established in 1869 and has been a part of the Purdue University System. It has a 2,602-acre campus located in West Lafayette, Indiana.  The university knows that a landscape architect is a part engineer, salesperson, artist, business manager, and environmentalist, hence they provided a curriculum that covers it all. Throughout the program, students will learn to design and plan new parks, shopping areas, urban public spaces, communities, and other outdoor environments. One of its offers is the 120-credit hour Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture that develops the design, technical, and graphic communication skills of the students. 

Established in 1876, Texas A&M University provides excellent learning and research for its nearly 70,000 students. It has a college town in College Station, Texas, with the size of 5,500-acre that houses 5,000 academic staff.   It has a degree in landscape architecture program that focuses on urban and regional planning. Students of this program will learn to understand and become devoted to integrating science, technology, and art for its community development in the wilderness, suburban, and urban environments. Students can earn a bachelor’s degree that helps them become landscape architects through service-learning and local and national internship programs. 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University help students develop skills and expand personal and professional development through their diverse academic programs. The university was founded in 1872 and has a 2,600 campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.   One of its programs is the Landscape Architecture where students will learn the analysis, design, management, planning, and management of sustainable environments. Students will obtain a bachelor’s degree upon completing the five-year program wherein they will work with communities as well as local projects that develop their skills in landscape design. The program provides opportunities such as internships, study abroad in Europe and Asia, and helps students become prepared for the licensure exams.