Accreditation

The undergraduate (BSLA) and graduate (MLA & MPS) programs comply with the requirements of three governing bodies:

The New York State Education Department (NYSED)
The Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
The Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB)

Public Information Policy

The Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB) requires accredited programs to provide reliable information to the public. This information is intended to help potential students make informed application decisions.

Cost of Attendance

Undergraduate Program Tuition Rates

The Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture (BSLA) is housed under the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). Please reference the state contract colleges' tuition rate and consider your New York / non-New York state residency.

Graduate Programs Tuition Rates

The Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) and Master of Professional Studies (MPS) degrees are categorized as Tier 2 master's degrees, when setting tuition rates.

Student Demographics

BSLA Program

Includes only full-time students recorded as majors in the programs being reviewed for the last five years.

Ethnic Group / Diversity

Includes only full-time current landscape architecture students.

0% American Indian
0% Black (non-Hispanic)
50% Asian or Pacific Islander
2.2% Hispanic
36.7% Caucasian
10% Other

MLA Program

Ethnic Group / Diversity

Includes only full-time current landscape architecture students.

1% American Indian
0% Black (non-Hispanic)
49% Asian or Pacific Islander
1% Hispanic
46% Caucasian
3% Other

Graduation & Retention Rates

BSLA Program

Applications

2015/2016:

Total Number of Applications: 28
Applications from Males: 9
Applications from Females: 19

2016/2017:

Total Number of Applications: 36
Applications from Males: 9
Applications from Females: 27

2017/2018:

Total Number of Applications: 42
Applications from Males: 7
Applications from Females: 35

2018/2019:

Total Number of Applications: 31
Applications from Males: 6
Applications from Females: 25

2019:2020:

Total Number of Applications: 45
Applications from Males: 9
Applications from Females: 36

2020/2021:

Total Number of Applications: 29
Applications from Males: 9
Applications from Females: 20

Enrollments

2015/2016:

Total Enrollment: 9
Male Students: 5
Female Students: 4

2016/2017:

Total Enrollment: 13
Male Students: 4
Female Students: 8

2017/2018:

Total Enrollment: 13
Male Students: 4
Female Students: 9

2018/2019:

Total Enrollment: 13
Male Students: 7
Female Students: 6

2019/2020:

Total Enrollment: 10
Male Students: 5
Female Students: 5

2020/2021:

Total Enrollment: 12
Male Students: 8
Female Students: 4

Degrees Award

2015/2016:

Total Degrees Awarded: 10
Male Students: 2
Female Students: 8

2016/2017:

Total Degrees Awarded: 12
Male Students: 6
Female Students: 6

2017/2018:

Total Degrees Awarded: 11
Male Students: 8
Female Students: 3

2018/2019:

Total Degrees Awarded: 11
Male Students: 6
Female Students: 5

2019/2020:

Total Degrees Awarded: 14
Male Students: 2
Female Students: 12

2020/2021:

Total Degrees Awarded: 9
Male Students: 4
Female Students: 5

MLA Program

Applications

2015/2016:

Total Number of Applications: 156
Applications from Males: 34
Applications from Females: 122

2016/2017:

Total Number of Applications: 140
Applications from Males: 36
Applications from Females: 104

2017/2018:

Total Number of Applications: 124
Applications from Males: 28
Applications from Females: 96

2018/2019:

Total Number of Applications: 140
Applications from Males: 52
Applications from Females: 188

2019:2020:

Total Number of Applications: 154
Applications from Males: 39
Applications from Females: 115

2020/2021:

Total Number of Applications: 177
Applications from Males: 40
Applications from Females: 137

Enrollments

2015/2016:

Total Enrollment: 22
Male Students: 7
Female Students: 15

2016/2017:

Total Enrollment: 30
Male Students: 4
Female Students: 26

2017/2018:

Total Enrollment: 26
Male Students: 7
Female Students: 19

2018/2019:

Total Enrollment: 23
Male Students: 8
Female Students: 15

2019/2020:

Total Enrollment: 26
Male Students: 3
Female Students: 23

2020/2021:

Total Enrollment: 21
Male Students: 8
Female Students: 13

Degrees Award

2015/2016:

Total Degrees Awarded: 20
Male Students: 5
Female Students: 15

2016/2017:

Total Degrees Awarded: 17
Male Students: 4
Female Students: 13

2017/2018:

Total Degrees Awarded: 24
Male Students: 6
Female Students: 18

2018/2019:

Total Degrees Awarded: 33
Male Students: 9
Female Students: 24

2019/2020:

Total Degrees Awarded: 38
Male Students: 14
Female Students: 24

2020/2021:

Total Degrees Awarded: 25
Male Students: 8
Female Students: 17

Student Achievements

American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Student Awards

2021

Lok Tim Chan, Zhenrui Mei, & Xingjian Wang. Honor Award, General Design Category. For Studio Project: Bringing "Wetness" Back into the City. Faculty Advisor: Maria Goula.
Shanni Jin, Xinyue (Hope) Shen, Lai Ching Tsui. Honor Award, General Design Category. For Studio Project: Laces, Ties, and Knots. Faculty Advisor: Mitch Glass.
Lok Tim Chan, Zhenrui Mei, & Xingjian Wang. Honor Award, Analysis & Planning Category. For Studio Project: Kingsbury Run Nature Reserve: Collective Re-imagination. Faculty Advisor: Mitch Glass.

2019

Lingyi Xu, Yi Yang, & Songyi Zheng. Honor Award, General Design Category. For Studio Project: Remix: Imagine the Resilient Future for Peddocks Island in 100 Years. Faculty ADvisors: Maria Goula, & Jamie Vanucchi.

2018

Kari Spiegelhalter, Tess Ruswick, & Patricia Noto (RISD). Honor Award, Communications Category. For Project: A Student's Guide to Environmental Justice Version 1.3. Faculty Advisor: Joshua Cerra.

2017

Hong Gao, Luyao Kong, & Qianli Feng. Honor Award, General Design Category. For Studio Project: Weaving the Waterfront. Faculty Advisor: Joshua Cerra.

2014

Brett Schneiderman. Honor Award, Community Service Category. For Project: The Hastings-on-Hudson Community Street Tree Inventory. Faculty Advisor: Nina Bassuk

2013

Jesse Nicholson, Travis North, & Roana Tirado. Honor Award, Community Service Category. For Project: Design Teach. Faculty Advisors: Peter Trowbridge, Daniel Krall, Paula Horrigan, & Marc Miller.

2011

I. Maria Calderon. Honor Award, Research Category. For Project: Potential Applications of the Vetiver System in the LAke Amatitlan Watershed, Guatemala. Faculty Advisors: Peter Trowbridge, Jamie Vanucchi, & Nina Bassuk.

2008

Laryssa M. Stecyk. Honor Award, General Design Category. For Studio Project: eRiver Park. Faculty Advisors: Peter Trowbridge, & Deni Ruggeri.

2006

Natalie Bower, Linda Ciesielski, Alison Endl, Ted Haffner, Marc Miller, & Carrie Van Valkenberg. Honor Award, Residential Design Category. For Project: Functional Landscape for Solar House. Faculty Advisors: Peter Trowbridge, Adil Pal, Nick Rajkovich, & Zellman Warhaft.

2005

Thaisa Way. Honor Award, Research Category. For Dissertation: Women as Force in Landscape architecture, 1893-1942. Faculty Advisors: Leonard Mirin, Daniel Krall, & Herbert Gottfried.

ASLA Upstate New York Chapter Certificate of Honor

2021: Yuhan Ji (BSLA '21), Kevin Kim (MLA/MRP '21)
2020: Molly Davis (BSLA '20), Siqi Zhu (BSLA '20), Xining Wan (MLA '20)
2019: William Gossett (BSLA '19), Lois Nguyen (BSLA '19), Sarah Boutata (MLA '19), JiaMin Chen (MLA '19)

ASLA Upstate New York Chapter Certificate of Merit

2021: Barbara Kornak (BSLA '21), Rachel Spraos (MLA '21)
2020: Magic Sun (BSLA '20), Esther Xie (BSLA '20), Marco Rangel (MLA '20)

Landscape Architecture Foundation Olmsted Scholars

2021: Barbara Kornak (BSLA '21), Undergraduate Finalist; Rachel Spraos (BSLA '21)
2020: Molly Davis (BSLA '20), Sasha Anemone (MLA '20)
2019: Lois Nguyen (BSLA '19), Adriana Hidalgo (MLA '19)
2018: Jacob Kuhn (BSLA '18), Kari Spiegelhalter (MLA '18)
2017: Mark Hirschbeck (BSLA '17), Kyle Sitzman (MLA '17)
2016: Garrett Craig-Lucas (BSLA '16), JinHee Ha (MLA '16)
2015: Petra Marar (MLA '15)
2014: Rochelle Brahalla (BSLA '14), Roana Tirado (MLA '14)
2013: Janice Yan Tung (BSLA '13), Jesse Nicholson (MLA '13)
2012: Matthew Gosner (MLA '12)

Landscape Architecture Foundation Case Study Investigation Series

2021

Jeanette Petti, & Kevin Kim. Case Study: Cornell Tech Campus, Roosevelt Island with James Corner Field Operations. Faculty Research Fellow: Jennifer Birkeland.
Jihany Hassun. Case Study: Frédéric-Back Park at Saint-Michel Environmental Complex, Montreal, QC, with Lemay Architects. Faculty Research Fellow: Jamie Vanucchi.

World Landscape Architect (WLA) Awards

2021

Liang Shi, & Xuan Zhang. Honorable Mention, Concept - Analysis & Planning Category. For Studio Project: Conversion landscape- Hybrid wetland farming. Faculty Advisor: Jamie Vanucchi.
Fan Feng. Merit Award, Research Category. For Studio Project: Biochar-Forestry Carbon Negative Cycle. Faculty Advisor: Jamie Vanucchi.

2020

Lingyi Xu. Shortlist, Concept - Analysis & Planning Category. For Studio Project: An Invisible Butter for Ossining - The Introduction to a Resilient Multi-Layer Riverfront. Faculty Advisor: Joshua Cerra.

Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hines Urban Design Competition

2021

Lok Tim Chan, Xingjian Wang, Lily Chen (Architecture), Jessica Lee (Architecture), & Sanil Paul (Real Estate). Honorable Mention. Project Title: The Junction. Faculty Advisor: Mitch Glass.

2020

Yu Wu, Lijia Zhu (Real Estate), Guangwei Ren (Architecture, Columbia), Oscar Portillo (MBA), & Jing Cheng (Historic Preservation). Finalist. Project Title: Cubikko. Faculty Advisors: Suzanne Charles (City and Regional Planning), & Crocker Liu (Real Estate).

2019

Jihany Hassun, Akshai Wilkinson, Sage Taber, Tim Dehm, & Krizia Calmet (Real Estate). Honorable Mention. Project Title: Encore. Faculty Advisors: Suzanne Charles (City and Regional Planning), & Mitch Glass.

Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Competition

2017

Alice Sturm, Federico Lia, Kelly Farrell, Thackston Crandall, & Genki Takahashi. Second Place. Project Title: Rail Park Roots.

2016

Daniel Lambert, Qiuwei Liu, Fei Peng, Haikun Xu, & Yishan Zhang. Second Place. Project Title: EAT! PLAY! GROW!

2015

Akshali Gandhi, Robert Hanifin, Li-Yu Pan, Chen Sun, & Lishutong Zhang. First Place. Project Title: Delaware Valley Foodworx.

American Planning Association (APA) National Planning Conference Design Competition

2019

Kevin Kim, Jeanette Petti, Dylan Stevenson (City and Regional Planning), & Lera Covington (Real Estate). First Place. Project Title: Fruitpad: A Fresh Look at Affordable Housing in Fruitvale, Oakland.

2018

Kari Spiegelhalter, Anna Callahan (City and Regional Planning), Thomas Pera (City and Regional Planning), & Hannah Plummer (City and Regional Planning). First Place. Project Title: NOLA Shares.

DL+W Rail Corridor International Design Ideas Competition

Lingyi Xu, Zhuohan Xie, Zhuojia Lou, & Zikun Zhang. Honorable Mention. Project Title: The Verdant Vein.