2023 Best Value 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools in the New England Region” ranking.

Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations is the 525th most popular major in the country with 1,617 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 16 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the applied horticulture/horticulture operations program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools in the New England Region

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

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

1

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$22,038 Average Net Price

$47,385 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 ’s applied horticulture degrees to qualified students.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UMass Amherst is $22,038 for new england region applied horticulture students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at UMass Amherst

2

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$16,033 Average Net Price

$40,242 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools in the New England Region. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s applied horticulture degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine is $16,033 for new england region applied horticulture students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.

Full UMaine Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Report

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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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