2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticulture in Idaho

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 an Associate in Idaho” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Idaho, there were 52 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,600 and $13,399 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,160 and $16,517 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in Idaho” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in horticulture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great horticulture programs and 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in Idaho” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in Idaho

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticulture in Idaho

#1

Brigham Young University - Idaho

Rexburg, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$7,167 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. Rexburg, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s horticulture degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

BYU - I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in Idaho” list. It costs about $7,167 for idaho associate degree horticulture students per year to attend BYU - I.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Horticulture at BYU - I

#2

College of Western Idaho

Nampa, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$6,711 Average Net Price

$25,194 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Western Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in Idaho. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s horticulture degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

CWI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in Idaho” list. The yearly cost to attend CWI is $6,711 for Idaho Associate Degree Horticulture students.

Read more about Horticulture at CWI

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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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