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2022 Best Value Colleges for Horticultural Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

Horticultural Science is the 488th most popular major in the country with 805 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 41 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in horticultural science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great horticultural science 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 horticultural science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The horticultural science 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 Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Horticultural Science (Income $48-$75k) 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 2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 ’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region horticultural science students whose families make $48-$75k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,810 for Southwest Region Horticultural Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Horticultural Science Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified ’s horticultural science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region horticultural science students whose families make $48-$75k list, Texas Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,421 for Southwest Region Horticultural Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Texas Tech Horticultural Science Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified ’s horticultural science students in 2019-2020.

OSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,698 for southwest region horticultural science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend OSU.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Horticultural Science at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified ’s horticultural science students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Main Campus is $10,235 for southwest region horticultural science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full NMSU Main Campus Horticultural Science Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. SFASU is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 5 ’s horticultural science degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,644 for Southwest Region Horticultural Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.

Full Stephen F Austin State University Horticultural Science 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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