2022 Best Value Colleges for Horticulture in Washington (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Horticulture Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

Across Washington, there were 137 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $16,971 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Horticulture Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in horticulture. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Horticulture Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticulture Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Horticulture in Washington (With Aid)

#1

Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Kirkland, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$7,713 Average Net Price

$44,275 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Horticulture Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid. Located in Kirkland, Washington, this small public school handed out 36 degrees to qualified ’s horticulture students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LWTech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Horticulture Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology is $7,713 for Washington Horticulture students with aid.

Read full report on Horticulture at LWTech

#2

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$16,358 Average Net Price

$49,622 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Horticulture Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified ’s horticulture students in 2019-2020.

Wazzu did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Horticulture Schools in Washington” list. The estimated yearly cost for Wazzu is $16,358 for Washington Horticulture students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Washington State University Horticulture Report

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• Best Value Colleges for Horticulture (With Aid)

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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