2022 Best Value Colleges for Turf & Turfgrass Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

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 Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Turf & Turfgrass Management is the 705th most popular major in the country with 379 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 51 turf and turfgrass management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent turf and turfgrass management 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 turf and turfgrass management 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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Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Turf & Turfgrass Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$11,337 Average Net Price

$49,622 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools 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. Wazzu is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wazzu, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $11,337 for Far Western US Region Turf and Turfgrass Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Wazzu.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

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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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