2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Horticulture in Mississippi

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Horticulture is the 218th most popular major in the country with 3,234 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, horticulture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,708 and had an average of $18,440 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 30 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,787 and $15,790 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in horticulture. That schools that top this list have a program in horticulture in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in Mississippi”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Horticulture in Mississippi

1

East Mississippi Community College
Scooba, Mississippi

#11 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, East Mississippi Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Scooba, Mississippi, and it awarded 10 associates’s horticulture degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Jones County Junior College
Ellisville, Mississippi

#24 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jones County Junior College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in Mississippi list. Jones County Junior College is a public institution located in Ellisville, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Jones County Junior 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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