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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Plains States Region

8 Ranked Colleges
113 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 113 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 8 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the horticultural science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Plains States Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. UMN Crookston is a small public school situated in Crookston, Minnesota. It awarded 1 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Crookston also took the #4 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMN Crookston is $10,952 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Horticultural Science students.

Read full report on Horticultural Science at University of Minnesota - Crookston

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. North Dakota State University is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also made our “Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for North Dakota State University - Main Campus is $16,584 for plains states region bachelor’s degree horticultural science students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Horticultural Science at North Dakota State University

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree horticultural science students list, Iowa State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $15,496 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Horticultural Science students per year to attend Iowa State University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Horticultural Science at Iowa State University

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Missouri State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Maryville, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Northwest also made our “Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $12,354 for plains states region bachelor’s degree horticultural science students per year to attend Northwest Missouri State University.

Read more about Horticultural Science at Northwest

#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 26 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Kansas State University is $18,285 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Horticultural Science students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Horticultural Science at K -State

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s horticultural science students in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Horticultural Science students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Horticultural Science at UNL

#8 in overall quality

Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. This large school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri State also took the #8 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,725 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Horticultural Science students per year to attend Missouri State University - Springfield.

Read more about Horticultural Science at Missouri State

#8

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is $17,740 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Horticultural Science students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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