2024 Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Schools in the Plains States Region
2Colleges in the Plains States Region
81Applied Horticulture Degrees Awarded
A degree in applied horticulture/horticulture operations is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #525 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 81 degrees in applied horticulture/horticulture operations during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Best Schools for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of applied horticulture degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Applied Horticulture
Southeast Technical College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in applied horticulture/horticulture operations. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 10th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were roughly 11 applied horticulture/horticulture operations students who graduated with this degree at Southeast Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in applied horticulture/horticulture operations has to check out South Dakota State University. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #267 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means South Dakota State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 3 applied horticulture/horticulture operations students who graduated with this degree at South Dakota State in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in applied horticulture/horticulture operations has to take a look at Southeast Community College Area. Southeast Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the large city of Lincoln. This college ranks 11th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were about 3 applied horticulture/horticulture operations students who graduated with this degree at Southeast Community College in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).