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Best Value Horticulture Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Value Horticulture Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,672 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,941 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Horticulture School for You

Horticulture is the #171 most popular major in Illinois with 80 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Horticulture Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for horticulture students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Horticulture

#1

Lake Land College

Mattoon, IL
$8,104 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Land College the best value school in Illinois for horticulture students. Lake Land College is a small public school located in the distant town of Mattoon.

Lake Land College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,104 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Horticulture Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

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Best Value Horticulture Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Horticulture Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 9
Ohio 71
Indiana 12
Wisconsin 38

Horticulture is one of 16 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 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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