2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Horticulture is the 218th most popular major in the country with 3,591 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , horticulture graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $38,081 and had an average of $16,904 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 437 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,212 and $17,728 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in horticulture. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their horticulture program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree horticulture students.
Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticulture in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 58 bachelors’s horticulture degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Horticulture at Texas A&M College Station
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. OSU is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full OSU Horticulture Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s horticulture students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Horticulture at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticulture Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Tarleton is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s horticulture degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Tarleton Horticulture 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%.
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- *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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