2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Horticultural Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Colorado, there were 54 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the horticultural science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s horticultural science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Horticultural Science at Colorado State

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science (Income $30-$48k)

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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