2023 Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
48
Degrees Awarded
$40,500
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied Horticulture for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,617 people earned their degree in applied horticulture/horticulture operations, making the major the 525th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 332 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality applied horticulture/horticulture operations programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the applied horticulture/horticulture operations program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied Horticulture for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying applied horticulture.
Top 1 Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied Horticulture for a Bachelor’s list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 bachelors’s applied horticulture degrees to qualified students.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 5 of the 70,418 students enrolled at Texas A&M College Station were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,925. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Texas A&M College Station does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, 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.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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