2022 Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality horticulture programs that also have a lower cost than 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The 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 Horticulture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree horticulture students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Horticulture (With Aid)

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s horticulture students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Horticulture Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121.

Full Oregon State University Horticulture Report

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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