2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 59 people earned their degree in agricultural and horticultural plant breeding, making the major the 1083rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 16 agricultural and horticultural plant breeding graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 agricultural and horticultural plant breeding graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural and horticultural plant breeding programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural and horticultural plant breeding program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The agricultural and horticultural plant breeding school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree agricultural and horticultural plant breeding students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 10 masters’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding at Iowa State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding (Income $0-$30k)

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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