2022 Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students 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 “Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,051 people earned their degree in horticulture, making the major the 194th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, horticulture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,043 and had an average of $18,172 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 841 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $16,971 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent horticulture 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 horticulture 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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Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree horticulture students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticulture (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$11,337 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s horticulture students in 2019-2020.

Wazzu did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Wazzu is $11,337 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Horticulture students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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).
• 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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