2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$23,400
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 145 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 113 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in horticultural science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their horticultural science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree horticultural science students.
Top 9 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Horticultural Science in the Plains States Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Kansas State University Horticultural Science Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State University is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 35 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full Iowa State University Horticultural Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 28 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%.
Read more about Horticultural Science at Missouri State University - Springfield
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region. University of Nebraska - Lincoln 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 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%.
Read more about Horticultural Science at UNL
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of the Ozarks landed the #5 spot on the list. Point Lookout, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
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North Dakota State University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 8 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Horticultural Science at North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Northwest Missouri State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Northwest is a medium-sized school located in Maryville, Missouri that handed out 2 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Northwest Missouri State University Horticultural Science Report
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Horticultural Science at UMN Twin Cities
University of Minnesota - Crookston came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Horticultural Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Crookston, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s horticultural science students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Read full report on Horticultural Science at University of Minnesota - Crookston
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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