2023 Best Horticultural Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kansas
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$30,900
Avg Cost*
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 Kansas for Horticultural Science for a Master’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 Kansas, there were 50 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Horticultural Science for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Horticultural Science for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Horticultural Science for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Horticultural Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kansas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Horticultural Science for a Master’s list. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s horticultural science degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
K -State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Horticultural Science Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,099 of the 20,854 students enrolled at K -State were GI Bill® students, of which 647 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,562. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. K -State offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at K -State]](/colleges/kansas-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- 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
- *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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