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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 805 people earned their degree in horticultural science, making the major the 488th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 1 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree horticultural science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 1 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend UIUC is $21,998 for illinois bachelor’s degree horticultural science students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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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