2022 Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

L&scaping & Groundskeeping is the 640th most popular major in the country with 878 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 19 landscaping and groundskeeping graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 landscaping and groundskeeping graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,678 and $11,688 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent landscaping and groundskeeping programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the landscaping and groundskeeping program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts associate degree landscaping and groundskeeping students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for L&scaping & Groundskeeping in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$22,501 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Landscaping and Groundskeeping Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. It costs about $22,501 for Massachusetts Associate Degree Landscaping and Groundskeeping students with aid per year to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The low student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 89%.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for L&scaping & Groundskeeping in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for L&scaping & Groundskeeping (With Aid)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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