Horticulture at Brigham Young University - Provo

What traits are you looking for in a horticulture school? To help you decide if Brigham Young University - Provo is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's horticulture program.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 19 horticulture majors received their bachelor's degree from BYU.

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

BYU Horticulture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture

BYU Horticulture Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the horticulture progam at BYU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The horticulture major at BYU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Horticulture. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Horticulture Schools	154

Earnings of BYU Horticulture Graduates

The median salary of horticulture students who receive their bachelor's degree at BYU is $47,377. This is 20% higher than $39,428, which is the national average for all horticulture bachelor's degree recipients.

Horticulture Student Demographics at BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the horticulture majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU Horticulture Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Horticulture from BYU in 2020-2021, 32% were men and 68% were women. The typical horticulture bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in horticulture at BYU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in horticulture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

BYU also has a doctoral program available in horticulture. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Food Science Technology
• Soil Sciences

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Retail Sales Supervisors	9,590	$38,940
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,060	$53,700
Pesticide Applicators	260	$34,940

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.