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Accreditation
The Louisiana State University Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture are professional programs fully accredited by the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB). Students in the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program can complete degrees in five years (159 credit hours). Students in the Master of Landscape Architecture program can complete degrees in three or fewer years, depending on whether they have a professional undergraduate degree or a majored in a non-affiliated program.
For more information on LAAB, see asla.org/accreditationlaab.aspx.
Student Achievement
The BLA and MLA programs have awarded the following number of degrees over the past five years:
| Degree Level | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
| BLA | 9 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 20 |
| MLA | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 17 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
Retention and Cumulative Graduate Rates
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
| Fall 2015 | Fall 2016 | Fall 2017 | Fall 2018 | Fall 2019 | Fall 2020 | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 | Fall 2023 | Fall 2024 | |
| Freshmen Enrolled 14th Day | 15 | 14 | 20 | 28 | 34 | 24 | 33 | 27 | 27 | 34 |
| % Returned 2nd Year | 100 (15) | 92.8 (13) | 100 (20) | 110 (31) | 100 (34) | 87.5 (21) | 87.9 (29) | 118.5 (32) | 114.8 (31) | |
| % Returned 3rd Year | 99 (14) | 84.6 (11) | 80 (16) | 74 (23) | 70.5 (24) | 100 (21) | 82.8 (24) | 90.6 (29) | ||
| % Returned 4th Year | 100 (14) | 100 (11) | 100 (16) | 95.6 (22) | 91.7 (22) | 100 (21) | 95.8 (23) | |||
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| % Returned 5th Year | 100 (14) |
90.9 (10) |
100 (16) |
100 (22) |
100 (22) |
100 (21) |
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| % Graduated in 5 yrs | 100 (14) | 90 (9) | 100 (16) | 95.5 (21) |
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| % Returned 6th Year | 11 (1) | |||||||||
| % Graduated in 6 yrs | 100 (1) |
Master of Landscape Architecture MLA 1 3-year program
| 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2022-23 | |
| Enrolled | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| % Returned 2nd Year | 87.5 | 75 (10) | 100 (10) | 80 (4) | 87.5 (6) | 100 (8) | 57 (4) | 80 (4) | 100 (6) | 83.3 (5) |
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| % Returned 3rd Year | 50 | 100 (10) | 100 (10) | 175 (7) | 150 (9) | 100 (8) | 75 (3) | 100 (4) | 100 (6) | 100 (5) |
| % Graduated in 3 yrs | 50 | 75 (10) | 100 (10) | 100 (7) | 100 (9) | 87.5 (7) | 75 (3) | 100 (4) | 100 (6) | |
| % Returned 4th Year | 25 | |||||||||
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Master of Landscape Architecture MLA AP 2-year program
| 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | |
| Enrolled | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| % Returned 2nd Year | 90.9 | 100 (9) | 100 (5) | 100 (4) | 100 (2) | 0 | 100 (2) | 0 | 0 | 100 (1) |
| % Graduated in 2 yrs | 90.9 | 100 (9) | 100 (5) | 75 (3) | 100 (2) | 0 | 100(2) | 0 | 0 | 100 (1) |
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The Cost
Estimated cost of full-time attendance for one year, 2025-26, for the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture:
| Resident | Non-Resident | International | |
| Tuition & Fees | $12,551 | $29,228 | $29,348 |
| Room & Board | $10,004 | $10,004 | $10,004 |
| Books & Supplies | $1,084 | $1,084 | $1,084 |
| Mandatory Health Insurance | $2,100 | ||
| TOTAL | $23,639 | $40,316 | $42,536 |
Estimated cost based on 30 credit hours of study for one year, 2025-26, for the Master of Landscape Architecture:
| Resident | Nonresident | |
| Tuition & Fees | $14,084 | $31,032 |
| Books & Supplies | $906 | $906 |
| TOTAL | $15,426 | $32,384 |
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Student Accomplishments
2025
Olmsted Scholar Program
Sydney Milligan, Undergraduate (nominated)
Addie Bagot, Graduate (nominated)
2024
Olmsted Scholar Program
Ellen Sedlacek, Undergraduate (finalist)
Clara Jimenez, Graduate (nominated)
2023
ASLA Awards
Harvest the Wind: Reshaping Urban Heat Island Through Urban Farming. Emily Zhai, Undergraduate
Caretakers + Placemakers of New Orleans. Morgana Tetherrow-Keller, Graduate
Olmsted Scholar Program
Daniel Metzger, Undergraduate (nominated)
Georgia DeWitt, Graduate (nominated)
2022
Olmsted Scholar Program
Avery Haynes, Undergraduate (finalist)
Morgana Tetherow- Keller, Graduate (nominated)
2021
Olmsted Scholar Program
Madeline Kirschner, Undergraduate (nominated)
Alyssa Gill, Graduate (nominated)
2020
The Siltcatcher: A Sediment-Capture System for Wetland Creation and Coastal Protection in Western Lake Pontchartrain. Andrew Wright, Graduate
Olmsted Scholar Program
Emily Poulter, Undergraduate (nominated)
Elizabeth (Besty) Peterson, Graduate (nominated)
2019
ASLA Awards
Reclaiming Common Ground
Mai Nguyen, Graduate
Olmsted Scholar Program
Emily Pixberg, Undergraduate (nominated)
Andrew Wright, Graduate (nominated)
2018
ASLA Awards
Olmsted Scholar Program
Isabel Rountree, Undergraduate (nominated)
Phillip Fernberg, Graduate (nominated)
2017
ASLA Awards
Disaster Autopsy Model
Donguk Lee & Xiwei Shen, Undergraduate
Olmsted Scholar Program
Anjelica Sifuentes, Undergraduate (nominated)
Joni Emmons, Graduate (nominated)
2016
ASLA Awards
Harnessing the Beating Heart: Living Systems Infrastructure on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia. William Baumgardner, Undergraduate
The Vermilion Corridor: Rediscovering the Waterways of Southern Louisiana. Alexander Morvant, Undergraduate
Creating Sustainable Future of Mae Kha Canal in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Sunantans Nuanla-or, Graduate
Olmsted Scholar Program
Ry’yan Clark, Undergraduate (nominated)
Tianyi Zhang, Graduate (nominated)
2015
SOS Urban Design Competition
Bangkok Resilience City: Urban SOS Canal SOS, 3rd Place
Jacky Wah, Undergraduate & Sunantana Nuanla-Or, Graduate
Come Alive Outside-Memphis Challenge
Fourth Year Undergraduate Class, 2nd Place, Undergraduate
Olmsted Scholar Program
Maria Munoz, Undergraduate (won)
Ramneek Bajwa, Graduate (nominated)
2014
ASLA Awards
Beyond Turf: Reinterpreting the Ecological Management of Vacant Landscapes
Alexander Ochoa, Undergraduate
Olmsted Scholar Program
Erin Percevault, Undergraduate (won)
Sheryl Fischel, Graduate (nominated)
National ASLA Council of Fellows Scholarship
Maria Munoz, Undergraduate
2013
ASLA Competition Awards
Longhorn: in Defense of Change
Andrew Doyle, Undergraduate
METABOLIC CHANGE: Coastal Patterns of Human Settlement and Material Flow
Eric Roy and Matthew Seibert, Graduate
Landscape Architecture Graduate Work Accepted at 2013 ACADIA International Conference in Canada
MLA students Ian Miller, Matt Seibert, and Matt Rossbach
Two projects by LSU students in the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture Graduate Program have been accepted at the Association
Udall Scholar
Erin Percevault, Undergraduate (Honorable Mention)
2012
ASLA Competition Awards
Rewilding City Park
Chad Caletka, Undergraduate
Microcosm of America
Joshua Brooks, Undergraduate
2011
ASLA Competition Awards
Chattanooga Central Park
Emily Bullock, and Jessica Carvajal, Graduate
The Fluvial Lexicon
Matthew Seibert, and Benjamin Wellington, Graduate
Simulation Space [Revisioning The Fake; Relinking The Real]
Drew Baum, Student ASLA; Sara Davis, Student ASLA; Mark Ellender, Student ASLA; Courtney Lebeau, Student ASLA; Kristen Lonon, Associate ASLA; Patrick May, Student ASLA; Patrick McGannon, Associate ASLA; Ben Moran, AssociateASLA; Alex Ramirez, Associate ASLA and Christian Thonn, Associate ASLA, Undergraduate
Canals as Greenways
Paul Toenjes, and Shuntaro Yahiro, Graduate
Viable Agricultural Solutions
Will Tietje, Undergraduate