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2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s

5 Ranked Colleges
88 Degrees Awarded
$18,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor's

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” 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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 88 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 5 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.

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 a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 5 bachelors’s applied horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State University is $19,252 for bachelor’s degree applied horticulture students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State University Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s applied horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State is $18,668 for bachelor’s degree applied horticulture students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at Colorado State

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 38 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied horticulture students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Bachelor’s 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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at Texas A&M University - College Station

#4

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 10 bachelors’s applied horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree applied horticulture students list, UMaine has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $17,558 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Horticulture students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at UMaine

#5

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s applied horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree applied horticulture students list, Clemson has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Clemson is $20,008 for bachelor’s degree applied horticulture students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at Clemson

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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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