2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Horticulture for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$33,300
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Horticulture for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 New York, there were 86 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,738 and $24,500 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality horticulture programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the horticulture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Horticulture for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Horticulture for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree vets studying horticulture.
Top 1 Best Horticulture Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Horticulture for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s horticulture students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Horticulture Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.Among the 23,620 students enrolled at Cornell, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,780. To help with additional expenses, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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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