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2022 Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$26,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding is the 1083rd most popular major in the country with 59 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 agricultural and horticultural plant breeding graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural and horticultural plant breeding. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural and horticultural plant breeding programs that also have a lower cost than 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 agricultural and horticultural plant breeding program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree agricultural and horticultural plant breeding students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 8 doctorate’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Cornell University Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Iowa State University Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Report

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476.

Read more about Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding at University of Georgia

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree agricultural and horticultural plant breeding students whose families make $30-$48k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding at Texas A&M University - College Station

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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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