2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 46 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in horticultural science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in horticultural science.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Southwest Region

1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Horticultural Science at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

2

Stephen F Austin State University
Nacogdoches, Texas

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #2 spot on the list. SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Horticultural Science at SFASU

3

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Top 15% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s horticultural science students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Read full report on Horticultural Science at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

• Most Focused Bachelor’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

• *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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