Horticulture at Bakersfield College

If you are interested in studying horticulture, you may want to check out the program at Bakersfield College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bakersfield College is located in Bakersfield, California and approximately 24,903 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.

Bakersfield College Horticulture Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Horticulture

Bakersfield College Horticulture Rankings

Horticulture Student Demographics at Bakersfield College

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

Bakersfield College Horticulture Associate’s Program

75% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of horticulture associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in horticulture only graduates about 46% women each year. The program at Bakersfield College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 29% more women than average.

Bakersfield 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 Bakersfield College with a associate's in horticulture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Bakersfield College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

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 CA, the home state for Bakersfield College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Retail Sales Supervisors	118,190	$45,310
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	9,780	$59,640
Pesticide Applicators	2,260	$50,560
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	1,460	$91,670
Agricultural Sciences Professors	380	$97,290

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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