2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 149 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in horticultural science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their horticultural science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree horticultural science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Plains States Region

1

Century College
White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Top 25% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Century College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region. Located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s horticultural science students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Horticultural Science at Century College

2

Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester, Minnesota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Community and Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Rochester Community and Technical College is a small public school situated in Rochester, Minnesota. It awarded 0 associates’s horticultural science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Horticultural Science at Rochester Community and Technical College

• 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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