2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Turf & Turfgrass Management in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 379 people earned their degree in turf and turfgrass management, making the major the 705th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 128 turf and turfgrass management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 54 turf and turfgrass management graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in turf and turfgrass management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality turf and turfgrass management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the turf and turfgrass management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree turf and turfgrass management students.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Turf & Turfgrass Management in the Southeast Region

#1

Horry-Georgetown Technical College

Conway, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$5,016 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Horry-Georgetown Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a medium-sized school located in Conway, South Carolina that handed out 12 associates’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Horry-Georgetown Technical College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Horry-Georgetown Technical College is $5,016 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Turf and Turfgrass Management students.

Read more about Turf & Turfgrass Management at Horry-Georgetown Technical College

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$16,458 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s turf and turfgrass management degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,458 for southeast region associate degree turf and turfgrass management students per year to attend North Carolina State University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full North Carolina State University Turf & Turfgrass Management Report

#3

Wayne Community College

Goldsboro, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$2,315 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Goldsboro, North Carolina, this small public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s turf and turfgrass management students in 2019-2020.

Wayne Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Wayne Community College is $2,315 for southeast region associate degree turf and turfgrass management students.

Read more about Turf & Turfgrass Management at Wayne Community College

#4

Guilford Technical Community College

Jamestown, North Carolina

#4 in overall quality

$8,584 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Guilford Technical Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Guilford Technical Community College is a fairly large school located in Jamestown, North Carolina that handed out 5 associates’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Guilford Technical Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Guilford Technical Community College is $8,584 for southeast region associate degree turf and turfgrass management students.

Read more about Turf & Turfgrass Management at Guilford Technical Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Turf & Turfgrass Management

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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