2026 Best Value Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools in the Southwest Region

[Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding](/majors/agriculture-ag-operations/plant-sciences/agricultural-and-horticultural-plant-breeding/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for agricultural & horticultural plant breeding students.
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2026 Best Value Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools in the Southwest Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the agricultural & horticultural plant breeding degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools
Our analysis ranked Texas A And M University College Station the best value for a degree in agricultural & horticultural plant breeding in the Southwest Region. Set in the city of College Station, Texas A And M University College Station is a very large public institution. In-state tuition and fees average $12,995, with out-of-state students paying around $40,124. Students borrow a median of $21,654 to complete the agricultural & horticultural plant breeding program here. Soon after graduation, agricultural & horticultural plant breeding degree recipients from Texas A And M University College Station generally make around $45,163. That is a strong return on a $21,654 median debt. Texas A And M University College Station admits about 57% of applicants.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.