2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 805 people earned their degree in horticultural science, making the major the 488th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 41 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Horticultural Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Horticultural Science Report

• Best Value Doctor’s 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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