2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Horticulture (Income $48-$75k)

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 Horticulture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Horticulture is the 194th most popular major in the country with 4,051 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent horticulture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the horticulture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Horticulture (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oregon State University is located in Corvallis, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s horticulture degrees to qualified students.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Horticulture Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Horticulture at Oregon State

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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