2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding is the 1083rd most popular major in the country with 59 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 agricultural and horticultural plant breeding graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural and horticultural plant breeding programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural and horticultural plant breeding 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree agricultural and horticultural plant breeding students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding (Income $75-$110k) 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 Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding at Iowa State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding (Income $75-$110k)

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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