2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in South Dakota

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In 2020-2021, 3,234 people earned their degree in horticulture, making the major the 218th most popular in the United States. 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 South Dakota, there were 25 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,253 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,091 and $23,788 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in South Dakota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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 South Dakota

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

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Horticulture in South Dakota

1

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#9 overall quality in South Dakota

$29,253 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 18 degrees to qualified associates’s horticulture students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Horticulture at Southeast Tech

2

Mount Marty University
Yankton, South Dakota

#2 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Marty University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in South Dakota list. This small school is located in Yankton, South Dakota, and it awarded 4 associates’s horticulture degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Horticulture at Mount Marty University

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Horticulture in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Horticulture

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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