by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Great Lakes region, there were 599 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,330 and $14,333 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Salem landed the #1 spot on the list. Kent State University at Salem is located in Salem, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s horticulture degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticulture degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Andrews University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Berrien Springs, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s horticulture degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s horticulture degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Wisconsin. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Great Lakes Region. Mequon, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s horticulture degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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