2022 Best Value Colleges for Horticultural Science in Vermont (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Horticultural Science Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Vermont, there were 8 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality horticultural science 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 horticultural science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Horticultural Science in Vermont (With Aid)

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$18,982 Average Net Price

$38,768 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Horticultural Science Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified ’s horticultural science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Vermont is $18,982 for vermont horticultural science students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 more about Horticultural Science at UVM

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• Best Value Colleges for Horticultural Science (With Aid)

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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