2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 91 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 24 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,967 and $17,711 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in applied horticulture/horticulture operations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great applied horticulture/horticulture operations programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

College of Western Idaho

Nampa, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$9,753 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Western Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. College of Western Idaho is a fairly large public school situated in Nampa, Idaho. It awarded 12 associates’s applied horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

CWI also took the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $9,753 for Rocky Mountains Region Associate Degree Applied Horticulture students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend College of Western Idaho.

Full College of Western Idaho Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Report

#2

Front Range Community College

Westminster, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$14,389 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Front Range Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Westminster, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s applied horticulture degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

FRCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Front Range Community College is $14,389 for Rocky Mountains Region Associate Degree Applied Horticulture students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full FRCC Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations (Income $75-$110k)

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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