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2022 Best Value Colleges for Horticultural Science in Alabama (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
38 Degrees Awarded
$24,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Alabama, there were 38 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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 in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Horticultural Science in Alabama (With Aid)

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s horticultural science degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our alabama horticultural science students with aid list, Auburn has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Horticultural Science Schools in Alabama” ranking. It costs about $24,104 for Alabama Horticultural Science students with aid per year to attend Auburn.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

Read more about Horticultural Science at Auburn University

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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