2023 Best Value Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations in the Southeast 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 in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 431 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 Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools in the Southeast Region

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

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

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$16,411 Average Net Price

$49,709 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools in the Southeast Region. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 11 ’s applied horticulture degrees in 2020-2021.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,411 for southeast region applied horticulture students per year to attend North Carolina State University.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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

2

Spartanburg Community College
Spartanburg, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$3,177 Average Net Price

$35,952 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Spartanburg Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Applied Horticulture Schools in the Southeast Region. Spartanburg Community College is a medium-sized school located in Spartanburg, South Carolina that handed out 8 ’s applied horticulture degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Spartanburg Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Spartanburg Community College is $3,177 for Southeast Region Applied Horticulture students.

Full Spartanburg Community College 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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