2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region

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

Across the New England region, there were 41 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 12 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality horticultural science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the horticultural science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$22,012 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Horticultural Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 3 associates’s horticultural science degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Horticultural Science Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $22,012 for New England Region Associate Degree Horticultural Science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UCONN.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Horticultural Science at UCONN

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science (Income Over $110k)

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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