2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.

Across the Southeast region, there were 483 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 191 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in applied horticulture/horticulture operations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality applied horticulture/horticulture operations programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree applied horticulture students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Spartanburg Community College

Spartanburg, South Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$2,804 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Spartanburg Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Spartanburg, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s applied horticulture degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree applied horticulture students with aid list, Spartanburg Community College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Spartanburg Community College is $2,804 for southeast region associate degree applied horticulture students with aid.

Full Spartanburg Community College Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Report

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$16,458 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 22 associates’s applied horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree applied horticulture students with aid list, NC State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $16,458 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Applied Horticulture students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at North Carolina State University

#3

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Tifton, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$6,933 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. ABAC Tifton is located in Tifton, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s applied horticulture degrees to qualified students.

ABAC Tifton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend ABAC Tifton is $6,933 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Applied Horticulture students with aid.

Full Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Report

#4

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, Georgia

#4 in overall quality

$11,110 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gwinnett Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Gwinnett Technical College is a medium-sized public school situated in Lawrenceville, Georgia. It awarded 11 associates’s applied horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

GTC also made our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Gwinnett Technical College is $11,110 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Applied Horticulture students with aid.

Read full report on Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at GTC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations (With Aid)

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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