2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southwest region, there were 17 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 $53,078 and $37,227 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.

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Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree agricultural and horticultural plant breeding students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

Full Texas A&M College Station Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding

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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