2023 Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Turf & Turfgrass Management is the 762nd most popular major in the country with 340 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 34 turf and turfgrass management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in turf and turfgrass management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great turf and turfgrass management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the turf and turfgrass management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region turf and turfgrass management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Turf & Turfgrass Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

1

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,265 Average Net Price

$38,090 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kirkwood Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Kirkwood Community College is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 ’s turf and turfgrass management degrees to qualified students.

Kirkwood Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $10,265 for plains states region turf and turfgrass management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Kirkwood Community College.

Read more about Turf & Turfgrass Management at Kirkwood Community College

2

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$16,294 Average Net Price

$39,912 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Turf and Turfgrass Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Southeast Tech is a small public school situated in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It awarded 5 ’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2020-2021.

Southeast Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,294 for Plains States Region Turf and Turfgrass Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Southeast Technical College.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Southeast Tech Turf & Turfgrass Management 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%.

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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