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2022 Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
59 Degrees Awarded
$10,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 4,051 people earned their degree in horticulture, making the major the 194th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, horticulture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,043 and had an average of $18,172 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 987 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $10,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in horticulture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 horticulture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticulture (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Tifton, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticulture degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

ABAC Tifton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is $4,838 for southeast region bachelor’s degree horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full ABAC Tifton Horticulture Report

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticulture degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $7,285 for southeast region bachelor’s degree horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend North Carolina State University.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full NC State Horticulture Report

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 5 bachelors’s horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $7,541 for southeast region bachelor’s degree horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Georgia Horticulture Report

#4

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s horticulture degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k list, UARK has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UARK is $12,094 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

Read more about Horticulture at University of Arkansas

#5

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticulture degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State University is $13,986 for southeast region bachelor’s degree horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

Read more about Horticulture at Mississippi State

#6

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Clemson University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s horticulture students in 2019-2020.

Clemson also took the #4 spot in our “Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Clemson is $13,698 for southeast region bachelor’s degree horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Horticulture at Clemson

#7

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Eastern Kentucky University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Richmond, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s horticulture students in 2019-2020.

Eastern also made our “Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $12,397 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Horticulture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Eastern Kentucky University.

Read full report on Horticulture at Eastern Kentucky University

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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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