by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 340 people earned their degree in turf and turfgrass management, making the major the 762nd most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 88 turf and turfgrass management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major” ranking analyzed 15 colleges that offered a degree in turf and turfgrass management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in turf and turfgrass management.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is a public institution located in Tifton, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Turf & Turfgrass Management Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major list. This small school is located in Cobleskill, New York, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware Valley University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major list. DelVal is a private not-for-profit institution located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Turf & Turfgrass Management Report
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Georgia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major ranking. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 6 bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major ranking, coming in at #7. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees to qualified students.
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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Turf & Turfgrass Management at Texas A&M University - College Station
New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2020-2021.
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North Carolina State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major ranking. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
North Dakota State University - Main Campus came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major ranking. North Dakota State University is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University Turf & Turfgrass Management Report
Florida Southern College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major ranking. Florida Southern is a small school located in Lakeland, Florida that handed out 0 bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Minnesota - Crookston ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major list. Crookston, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Washington State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major ranking, coming in at #11. Washington State University is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 0 bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, University of Maryland - College Park did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Turf and Turfgrass Management Major list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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