2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in Iowa 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.

Across Iowa, there were 16 agricultural and horticultural plant breeding graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 agricultural and horticultural plant breeding graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The agricultural and horticultural plant breeding school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding at Iowa State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding (Income $30-$48k)

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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