2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Horticultural Science is the 474th most popular major in the country with 823 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 48 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in horticultural science. That schools that top this list have a program in horticultural science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Morrisville State College
Morrisville, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morrisville State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Morrisville State College is a small public school situated in Morrisville, New York. It awarded 12 associates’s horticultural science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Morrisville State College Horticultural Science Report

2

Bergen Community College
Paramus, New Jersey

Top 15% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bergen Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Paramus, New Jersey, this fairly large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s horticultural science students in 2020-2021.

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3

Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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4

Sussex County Community College
Newton, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sussex County Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Newton, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s horticultural science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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