by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Horticultural Science is the 474th most popular major in the country with 836 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 232 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 142 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in horticultural science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in horticultural science.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree horticultural science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Valley State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Fort Valley, Georgia, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s horticultural science students in 2021-2022.
Read more about Horticultural Science at Fort Valley State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region list. NC State is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #3 spot on the list. 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 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #4 spot on the 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 15 students in 2021-2022.
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 of Florida landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 12 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Read full report on Horticultural Science at University of Florida
With a ranking of #7, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 20 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, 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%.
Clemson University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Clemson is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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