Horticulture at Amarillo College

If you plan to study horticulture, take a look at what Amarillo College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Amarillo College is located in Amarillo, Texas and approximately 9,079 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Horticulture section at the bottom of this page.

Amarillo College Horticulture Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Horticulture

Amarillo College Horticulture Rankings

Horticulture Student Demographics at Amarillo College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the horticulture majors at Amarillo College.

Amarillo College Horticulture Associate’s Program

100% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of horticulture associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in horticulture only graduates about 46% women each year. The program at Amarillo College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 54% more women than average.

Amarillo College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in horticulture graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amarillo College with a associate's in horticulture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Horticulture

Horticulture majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Amarillo College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	1

Careers That Horticulture Grads May Go Into

A degree in horticulture can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Amarillo College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Retail Sales Supervisors	96,740	$45,570
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	6,120	$47,900
Agricultural Sciences Professors	1,010	$93,580
Pesticide Applicators	820	$35,650
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	400	$81,330

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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