Horticulture at Cornell University

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

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620.

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

Cornell Horticulture Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Horticulture

Cornell Horticulture Rankings

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There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in horticulture, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Horticulture Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Horticulture Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a master's degree in Horticulture from Cornell in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a horticulture master's degree from Cornell, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a master's in horticulture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• International Agriculture
• Plant Sciences
• Food Science Technology
• General Agriculture
• Animal Science

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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Retail Sales Supervisors	66,620	$50,640
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	5,400	$59,460
Pesticide Applicators	610	$42,530
Agricultural Sciences Professors	390	$99,920

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.