2022 Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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Turf & Turfgrass Management is the 705th most popular major in the country with 379 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 11 turf and turfgrass management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 turf and turfgrass management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great turf and turfgrass management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the turf and turfgrass management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools for an Associate in the New England Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Turf & Turfgrass Management in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$22,501 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s turf and turfgrass management students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $22,501 for new england region associate degree turf and turfgrass management students per year to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UMass Amherst Turf & Turfgrass Management Report

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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).
• 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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