San Francisco, California · Private For-Profit
Landscape Architecture at Academy of Art University
Use this school-and-field page as a fit screen, not a department ranking. It combines the 0.5% reported program-share signal, $40,613 school-wide net price, and $39,008 school-wide ten-year earnings before you compare peer schools. The enrollment proxy is about 17 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
0.5% reported share makes this a small program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 0.5%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~17
- Schools with reported signal
- 58
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- Open / not reported
- Graduation rate
- 34.3%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $40,613/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $162,452
- Median debt
- $31,000
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $39,008/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- D
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
Evidence used here: federal program-share data (0.5%), school-wide average net price ($40,613), school-wide ten-year median earnings ($39,008), and peer averages from 58 schools reporting a positive signal in this field. Evidence not included: department-level salary, placement rate, course quality, licensure eligibility, certification, or exam pass-rate outcomes. This page stays available for users because the program appears in federal data, but it is not promoted for search indexing while the reported share is below 1%.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 58 schools that report this field.
The answer is a value-screen grade of D, not a verified department verdict. The reported share is 1.6x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is higher than the peer average ($21,943 above), and ten-year median earnings are lower than the peer average ($26,352 below). Together, those evidence points place Academy of Art University in the top 100% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · 0.1% reported share · $13,481 net A+ Florida International University Miami, FL · 0.1% reported share · $9,288 net A 
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA · 1.1% reported share · $11,531 net A MiraCosta College Oceanside, CA · 0.6% reported share · $7,339 net A University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · 0.1% reported share · $14,091 net A University of California-Davis Davis, CA · 0.0% reported share · $14,741 net A Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Landscape Architecture accounts for 0.5% of reported programs at Academy of Art University, which is bigger than 91% of schools in this field set and 1.6x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 17 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Academy of Art University's average net price is $40,613 per year, about $162,452 over four years. That is $21,943 above the $18,670 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $39,008 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $26,352 below the $65,360 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Academy of Art University #58 of 58 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.