by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the Southeast region, there were 921 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,352 and $13,281 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in horticulture.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The horticulture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Southeast Region”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree horticulture students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s horticulture degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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