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2023 Best Value Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$19,445 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,935 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Horticulture Associate Degree School for You

Horticulture is the #218 most popular major in the country with 3,234 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for horticulture students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for horticulture majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Horticulture

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Idaho to be the best value school for horticulture students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Rexburg, BYU - I is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

BYU - I undergraduate students pay an average of $4,416 in tuition and fees each year.

BYU - I excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Read full report on Horticulture at Brigham Young University - Idaho

Out of the 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at USU are $23,435 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, horticulture majors at USU accumulate an average of around $16,729 in student debt.

Read full report on Horticulture at Utah State University

#3

Front Range Community College

Westminster, CO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Front Range Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large suburb of Westminster, FRCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FRCC are $15,454 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, horticulture majors at FRCC accumulate an average of around $26,020 in student debt.

In addition to its great value ranking, FRCC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full Horticulture at Front Range Community College Report

Best Horticulture Colleges by State

Explore the best horticulture schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 23
Utah 24
Idaho 48

One of 16 majors within the area of study, horticulture has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 8,646
Animal Science 8,294
Agricultural Economics & Business 8,098
General Agriculture 3,370
Plant Sciences 3,175

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
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