2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in North Carolina

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 North Carolina, there were 202 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 71 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,912 and $18,026 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality applied horticulture/horticulture operations programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina associate degree applied horticulture students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$16,458 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for an Associate in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 22 associates’s applied horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Carolina State University is $16,458 for North Carolina Associate Degree Applied Horticulture students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

Read full report on Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at North Carolina State University

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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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