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2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Horticultural Science is the 488th most popular major in the country with 805 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 30 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in horticultural science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent horticultural science programs, but they also 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The horticultural science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is a small public school situated in Wooster, Ohio. It awarded 3 associates’s horticultural science degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Horticultural Science Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $17,608 for associate degree horticultural science students with aid per year to attend Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Horticultural Science at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#2 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 #2 for the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s horticultural science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #2 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Connecticut is $22,012 for associate degree horticultural science students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full UCONN Horticultural Science Report

#3

Morrisville State College

Morrisville, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morrisville State College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Morrisville, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s horticultural science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Morrisville State College also made our “Best Horticultural Science Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Morrisville State College is $19,350 for associate degree horticultural science students with aid.

Read full report on Horticultural Science at Morrisville State College

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Community and Technical College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Rochester, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s horticultural science degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Rochester Community and Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Horticultural Science Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Rochester Community and Technical College is $14,088 for associate degree horticultural science students with aid.

Full Rochester Community and Technical College Horticultural Science Report

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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