2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticulture in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 182 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,400 and $25,875 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in horticulture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent horticulture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the horticulture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticulture in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York

#2 in overall quality

$16,647 Average Net Price

$49,136 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cobleskill landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Cobleskill is located in Cobleskill, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s horticulture degrees to qualified students.

SUNY Cobleskill not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Cobleskill is $16,647 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Horticulture students with aid.

Full SUNY Cobleskill Horticulture Report

#2

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$27,587 Average Net Price

$41,025 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Horticulture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Valley University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s horticulture degrees in 2019-2020.

DelVal also made our “Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for DelVal is $27,587 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree horticulture students with aid.

Read more about Horticulture at DelVal

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticulture (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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