2023 Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
321
Degrees Awarded
$36,300
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Applied Horticulture” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations is the 525th most popular major in the country with 1,617 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 321 applied horticulture/horticulture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality applied horticulture/horticulture operations programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the applied horticulture/horticulture operations program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Applied Horticulture
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region vets studying applied horticulture.
Top 1 Best Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Applied Horticulture list. Oregon State is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 6 ’s applied horticulture degrees in 2020-2021.
Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, Oregon State University supports 32,312 students, and 1,559 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,000 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,385. To help with additional expenses, 17 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Oregon State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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