Horticulture at Eastern Kentucky University

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

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and has a total student population of 14,465. Of the 2,456 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University in 2021, 3 of them were horticulture majors.

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

Eastern Horticulture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture

Eastern Horticulture Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the horticulture progam at Eastern 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 Eastern 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
Best Horticulture Schools	33

Horticulture Student Demographics at Eastern

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

Eastern Horticulture Bachelor’s Program

The horticulture program at Eastern awarded 3 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 100% of these degrees went to men with the other 0% going to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in horticulture at Eastern 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 Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in horticulture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Other Agriculture
• Agricultural Production

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 KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Retail Sales Supervisors	17,020	$38,060
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,250	$45,210
Pesticide Applicators	200	$31,790
Agricultural Sciences Professors	110	$71,930
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	60	$78,290

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Alpha 40475 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.