2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Horticultural Science for a Bachelor’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Horticultural Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 823 people earned their degree in horticultural science, making the major the 474th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 46 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Horticultural Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in horticultural science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great horticultural science programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the horticultural science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Horticultural Science for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying horticultural science.

Top 2 Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, Oklahoma

1,038 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Horticultural Science for a Bachelor’s list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, OSU supports 24,535 students, and 1,038 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 439 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,226. On top of their other funding sources, 39 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 veteran student life at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus]](/colleges/oklahoma-state-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

620 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Horticultural Science for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s horticultural science students in 2020-2021.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, New Mexico State University - Main Campus supports 14,227 students, and 620 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 285 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,880. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at NMSU Main Campus]](/colleges/new-mexico-state-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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