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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 836 people earned their degree in horticultural science, making the major the 474th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 545 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major” ranking looked at 41 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in horticultural science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in horticultural science.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree horticultural science students.
Out of the 41 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. DelVal is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It awarded 9 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Valley State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major. This small school is located in Fort Valley, Georgia, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morrisville State College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. Morrisville, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. Located in River Falls, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s horticultural science students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 56 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. This fairly large school is located in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Horticultural Science Report
With a ranking of #7, Kansas State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. K -State is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Oregon State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major ranking, coming in at #8. Oregon State is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 50 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major ranking, coming in at #9. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Horticultural Science Report
University of Wisconsin - Platteville landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major ranking. Platteville, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Horticultural Science at University of Wisconsin - Platteville
With a ranking of #11, Iowa State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 35 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
North Carolina State University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major ranking. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 29 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Auburn University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major ranking. Auburn University is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Horticultural Science at Auburn University
With a ranking of #14, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school awarded 28 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s horticultural science students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #15, University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. UNL is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Horticultural Science Report
Virginia Tech ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
College of the Ozarks ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. College of the Ozarks is a small school located in Point Lookout, Missouri that handed out 4 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
Michigan State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major ranking, coming in at #18. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 28 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Idaho came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major ranking. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s horticultural science students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #20, Mississippi State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 Mississippi State University
Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major ranking. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
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North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major ranking. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 8 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Florida ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
With a ranking of #24, Stephen F Austin State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. SFASU is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #25, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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