When it comes to popularity, horticulture sits in the middle of the road, ranking #218 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Nebraska to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of horticulture. Combined, these schools handed out 38 degrees in horticulture to qualified students.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Horticulture Schools in Nebraska list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of horticulture degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's difficult to beat University of Nebraska - Lincoln if you want to pursue a degree in horticulture. UNL is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lincoln. A Best Colleges rank of #138 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNL is a great university overall.
There were about 23 horticulture students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, horticulture degree recipients usually make around $37,501 at the beginning of their careers.
Any student pursuing a degree in horticulture has to check out Southeast Community College Area. Located in the large city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 11th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were about 3 horticulture students who graduated with this degree at Southeast Community College in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Northeast Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in horticulture. Northeast is a medium-sized public college located in the remote town of Norfolk. This college ranks 13th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were about 4 horticulture students who graduated with this degree at Northeast in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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