2022 Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Ornamental Horticulture is the 981st most popular major in the country with 115 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 17 ornamental horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 ornamental horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Ornamental Horticulture Schools

The ornamental horticulture 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 Ornamental Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ornamental Horticulture in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$16,381 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UARK is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 14 bachelors’s ornamental horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ornamental Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas is $16,381 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Ornamental Horticulture students.

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

Read full report on Ornamental Horticulture at University of Arkansas

#2

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$14,149 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ornamental Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Richmond, Kentucky, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s ornamental horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Ornamental Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern is $14,149 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ornamental horticulture students.

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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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