2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Great Lakes Region

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 140 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality horticultural science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute

Wooster, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$17,608 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Wooster, Ohio, this small public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s horticultural science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is $17,608 for great lakes region associate degree horticultural science students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 full report on Horticultural Science at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science

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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