2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southeast Region

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Plant Sciences is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,175 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, plant sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,727 and had an average of $19,352 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 766 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,148 and $19,362 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in plant sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their plant sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree plant sciences students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences in the Southeast Region

1

Mississippi Delta Community College
Moorhead, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi Delta Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Moorhead, Mississippi, and it awarded 4 associates’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Plant Sciences at Mississippi Delta Community College

2

Hinds Community College
Raymond, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hinds Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Hinds Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Raymond, Mississippi. It awarded 3 associates’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Hinds Community College Plant Sciences Report

3

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#14 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 122 associates’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 NC State Plant Sciences Report

3

South Florida State College
Avon Park, Florida

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Florida State College landed the #3 spot on the list. South Florida State College is a small public school situated in Avon Park, Florida. It awarded 0 associates’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Full South Florida State College Plant Sciences Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences

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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