2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,238 people earned their degree in applied horticulture/horticulture operations, making the major the 471st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 113 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the applied horticulture/horticulture operations program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree applied horticulture students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$19,252 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s applied horticulture students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State is $19,252 for plains states region bachelor’s degree applied horticulture students with aid.

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%.

Full South Dakota State Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s 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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