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2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
88 Degrees Awarded
$13,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations is the 471st most popular major in the country with 2,238 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 88 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied horticulture/horticulture operations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent applied horticulture/horticulture operations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the applied horticulture/horticulture operations program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations (Income $0-$30k)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s applied horticulture degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $11,454 for bachelor’s degree applied horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at Texas A&M University - College Station

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Colorado State is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Colorado State is $11,831 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s applied horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State University is $15,285 for bachelor’s degree applied horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at South Dakota State University

#4

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Clemson University is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree applied horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k list, Clemson has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,698 for bachelor’s degree applied horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Clemson.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at Clemson

#5

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied horticulture degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $13,989 for bachelor’s degree applied horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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