2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ornamental Horticulture (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 115 people earned their degree in ornamental horticulture, making the major the 981st most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 46 ornamental horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ornamental horticulture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ornamental horticulture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ornamental horticulture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree ornamental horticulture students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ornamental Horticulture (With Aid)

#1

Kishwaukee College

Malta, Illinois

#4 in overall quality

$5,782 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kishwaukee College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Kishwaukee College is a public institution located in Malta, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Kishwaukee College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Ornamental Horticulture Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Kishwaukee College is $5,782 for Associate Degree Ornamental Horticulture students with aid.

Full Kishwaukee College Ornamental Horticulture Report

#2

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute

Wooster, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$17,608 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute landed the #2 spot on the list. Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is located in Wooster, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s ornamental horticulture degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Ornamental Horticulture Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is $17,608 for Associate Degree Ornamental Horticulture students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

Read full report on Ornamental Horticulture at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute

#3

Utah State University

Logan, Utah

#3 in overall quality

$13,634 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ornamental horticulture degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree ornamental horticulture students with aid list, USU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Ornamental Horticulture Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend USU is $13,634 for Associate Degree Ornamental Horticulture students with aid.

Read more about Ornamental Horticulture at Utah State University

#4

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York

#2 in overall quality

$16,647 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Cobleskill, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ornamental horticulture degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Cobleskill also took the #2 spot in our “Best Ornamental Horticulture Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,647 for Associate Degree Ornamental Horticulture students with aid per year to attend SUNY Cobleskill.

Read full report on Ornamental Horticulture at SUNY Cobleskill

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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