2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 41 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great horticultural science programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

#1 in overall quality

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Horticultural Science at Cornell

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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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