2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” 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.

Across the Plains States region, there were 143 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 $34,069 and $19,434 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.

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 in the Plains States Region”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Plains States Region

#1

Rochester Community and Technical College

Rochester, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,088 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Rochester Community and Technical College is a medium-sized school located in Rochester, Minnesota that handed out 1 associates’s horticultural science degrees in 2019-2020.

Rochester Community and Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Horticultural Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rochester Community and Technical College is $14,088 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Horticultural Science students.

Read full report on Horticultural Science at Rochester Community and Technical College

• 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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