2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Great Lakes Region” 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 Great Lakes region, there were 721 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 104 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 3 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the applied horticulture/horticulture operations program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Chippewa Valley Technical College

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$10,773 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chippewa Valley Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. CVTC is a medium-sized public school situated in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It awarded 7 associates’s applied horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

CVTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Chippewa Valley Technical College is $10,773 for great lakes region associate degree applied horticulture students.

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#2

Kishwaukee College

Malta, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$5,782 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kishwaukee College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Malta, Illinois, and it awarded 3 associates’s applied horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

Kishwaukee College also made our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Kishwaukee College is $5,782 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Applied Horticulture students.

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#3

Lake Land College

Mattoon, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$4,468 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Land College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Mattoon, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s applied horticulture degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lake Land College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lake Land College is $4,468 for great lakes region associate degree applied horticulture students.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations

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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