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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

1 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$12,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 805 people earned their degree in horticultural science, making the major the 488th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 41 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 12 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great horticultural science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the horticultural science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree horticultural science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 3 associates’s horticultural science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UCONN is $12,381 for New England Region Associate Degree Horticultural Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Connecticut Horticultural Science Report

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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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