2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 New England region, there were 18 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations in the New England Region

#1

North Shore Community College

Danvers, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$9,129 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Shore Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Danvers, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 associates’s applied horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Shore Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $9,129 for new england region associate degree applied horticulture students per year to attend North Shore Community College.

Full North Shore Community College Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Report

#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$22,501 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s applied horticulture students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also took the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $22,501 for new england region associate degree applied horticulture students per year to attend UMass Amherst.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at University of Massachusetts Amherst

• 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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