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2022 Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor’s

7 Ranked Colleges
102 Degrees Awarded
$16,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 878 people earned their degree in landscaping and groundskeeping, making the major the 640th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 102 landscaping and groundskeeping graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in landscaping and groundskeeping. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great landscaping and groundskeeping 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 landscaping and groundskeeping program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The landscaping and groundskeeping school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor’s”.

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Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree landscaping and groundskeeping students.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for L&scaping & Groundskeeping

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s landscaping and groundskeeping students in 2019-2020.

BYU also made our “Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend BYU is $13,322 for bachelor’s degree landscaping and groundskeeping students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 Brigham Young University - Provo L&scaping & Groundskeeping Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Rexburg, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s landscaping and groundskeeping degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

BYU - I also took the #7 spot in our “Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,167 for Bachelor’s Degree Landscaping and Groundskeeping students per year to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about L&scaping & Groundskeeping at Brigham Young University - Idaho

#3

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Cobleskill. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Cobleskill, New York, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s landscaping and groundskeeping students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Cobleskill also made our “Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Cobleskill is $16,647 for Bachelor’s Degree Landscaping and Groundskeeping students.

Full SUNY Cobleskill L&scaping & Groundskeeping Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s landscaping and groundskeeping students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree landscaping and groundskeeping students list, UNL has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,208 for bachelor’s degree landscaping and groundskeeping students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also made our “Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $14,648 for bachelor’s degree landscaping and groundskeeping students per year to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about L&scaping & Groundskeeping at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#6

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#6 in overall quality

Mississippi State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s landscaping and groundskeeping degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State University is $16,173 for Bachelor’s Degree Landscaping and Groundskeeping students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#7

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Delaware Valley University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s landscaping and groundskeeping degrees in 2019-2020.

DelVal did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $27,587 for Bachelor’s Degree Landscaping and Groundskeeping students per year to attend DelVal.

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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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