Landscape architecture and planning offer excellent career opportunities covering a range of scales from regional analysis and planning to site specific garden design:

• Environmental planning
• Urban and regional planning
• Campus planning and design
• Urban design
• Park planning and design
• Site planning
• Visual analysis
• Environmental restoration
• Garden design
• Site furnishings design
• Golf course design
• Research

“The 2004 ASLA National Salary Survey indicates the average salary for landscape architecture positions is $74,644, an increase of 23.4 percent in real terms as compared with the 1998 salary survey, the most recent one produced by ASLA… The average salary for those with 0-5 years of experience is $41,803. Those with 36-40 years of experience earn the highest average salary at $97,564.” (American Society of Landscape Architects).

Career opportunities include public practice, private practice, and academic practice. To find out more infromation pleas click on the desired link to the right.

Some of the career options require licensing, click on the License link to the right for more information.

Students are encouraged to join organizations related to Landscape Architecture and Planning. For more information about professional groups see the links to the right.