by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
Horticultural Science is the 474th most popular major in the country with 823 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 256 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 169 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 8 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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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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Valley State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region. Fort Valley State University is a small school located in Fort Valley, Georgia that handed out 6 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 42 degrees to qualified bachelors’s horticultural science students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Carolina State University Horticultural Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Auburn is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s horticultural science students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State University is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
University of Florida landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Florida is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
University of Georgia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 16 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Clemson University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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