2022 Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 an Associate in the New England Region” 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.

Across the New England region, there were 75 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,000 and $14,922 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 40 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in horticulture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent horticulture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the horticulture program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticulture in the New England Region

#1

North Shore Community College

Danvers, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$9,129 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Shore Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. North Shore Community College is a small public school situated in Danvers, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 associates’s horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

North Shore Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend North Shore Community College is $9,129 for New England Region Associate Degree Horticulture students.

Read more about Horticulture at North Shore Community College

#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$22,501 Average Net Price

$44,356 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 26 associates’s horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Massachusetts Amherst is $22,501 for New England Region Associate Degree Horticulture students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UMass Amherst Horticulture Report

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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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