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2023 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding

5 Ranked Colleges
54 Degrees Awarded
$20,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding is the 1082nd most popular major in the country with 54 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural and horticultural plant breeding. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural and horticultural plant breeding programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools

The colleges and universities below are the best for agricultural and horticultural plant breeding students.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 15 ’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees in 2020-2021.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools” list. It costs about $16,002 for agricultural and horticultural plant breeding students per year to attend Iowa State.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $18,919 for agricultural and horticultural plant breeding students.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools list. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 8 ’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees in 2020-2021.

UGA also made our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend University of Georgia is $14,257 for agricultural and horticultural plant breeding students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools list. Cornell University is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 7 ’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees in 2020-2021.

Cornell also made our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Cornell is $37,042 for Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

Wazzu did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Wazzu is $15,300 for agricultural and horticultural plant breeding students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

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