2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Applied Horticulture Major in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Applied Horticulture Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations is the 525th most popular major in the country with 1,928 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the New England region, there were 17 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,012 and $13,730 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Applied Horticulture Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in applied horticulture/horticulture operations. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in applied horticulture/horticulture operations.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Applied Horticulture Major in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Applied Horticulture Major in the New England Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Shore Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Applied Horticulture Major in the New England Region. North Shore Community College is a public institution located in Danvers, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations at North Shore Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Applied Horticulture Major in the New England Region list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Report
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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
- *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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