Designs outdoor spaces such as parks, campuses, plazas, and green streets that also manage stormwater.
You might sketch a schoolyard where rain flows into a garden instead of a storm drain. Then you model grades in CAD, pick native plants, and visit the site to approve a load of boulders.
BLS May 2024 median $79,660.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 6 years after high school. Bachelor (BLA) or master (MLA) in landscape architecture, internship years, and the LARE licensing exam.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Landscape Architecture, Environmental Design, Horticulture.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). BLS 2024-34.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI and parametric tools speed site plans, grading and renders, trimming junior drafting; site design and public process stay human.
Classes: Biology, Studio art, AP Environmental Science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-1012.
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