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Most Popular Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

4 Colleges
$32,935 Avg Salary
$15,526 Avg Student Debt

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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Horticulture program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Horticulture Associate Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the most popular school in the New England Region for horticulture students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 25% of the horticulture majors at the school.

While working on their Associate Degree, horticulture majors at UMass Amherst accumulate an average of around $10,505 in student debt.

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The in-demand associate degree programs at Vermont Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular horticulture schools in the New England Region . Vermont Tech is a small public school located in the remote area of Randolph.

Of the 6 students majoring in horticulture at Vermont Tech, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Shore Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. North Shore Community College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Danvers.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield Technical Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. STCC is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

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Best Horticulture Colleges by State

Explore the best horticulture schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 25
Maine 6
Rhode Island 14
Vermont 6

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 4 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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