2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Horticulture for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$26,205
Avg Salary
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Horticulture for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Colorado, there were 56 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,172 and $17,052 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,095 and $24,621 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent horticulture programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the horticulture program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Horticulture for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Horticulture for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Horticulture for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Horticulture Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Horticulture for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Front Range Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Westminster, Colorado, and it awarded 9 associates’s horticulture degrees in 2020-2021.
FRCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” list.Among the 18,703 students enrolled at Front Range Community College, 64 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 62 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,170. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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