2022 Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in Minnesota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in Minnesota” ranking.

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 Minnesota, there were 59 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 32 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,738 and $20,226 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in Minnesota” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the horticulture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in Minnesota” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in Minnesota

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticulture in Minnesota

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,796 Average Net Price

$38,289 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hennepin Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in Minnesota list. Located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified associates’s horticulture students in 2019-2020.

Hennepin Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. It costs about $11,796 for Minnesota Associate Degree Horticulture students per year to attend Hennepin Technical College.

Full Hennepin Technical College Horticulture Report

#2

Rochester Community and Technical College

Rochester, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$14,088 Average Net Price

$25,194 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Horticulture Schools for an Associate in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Community and Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Rochester, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 associates’s horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

Rochester Community and Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. It costs about $14,088 for minnesota associate degree horticulture students per year to attend Rochester Community and Technical College.

Full Rochester Community and Technical College 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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