Horticulture at North Carolina State University

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

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 36,042 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.

NC State Horticulture Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Horticulture
• Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture

NC State Horticulture Rankings

The horticulture major at NC State 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.

Horticulture Student Demographics at NC State

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

NC State Horticulture Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of horticulture associate's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in horticulture at NC State are white. Around 76% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NC State Horticulture Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of horticulture bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in horticulture at NC State 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 North Carolina State University with a bachelor's in horticulture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Horticulture

If you plan to be a horticulture major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from North Carolina State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	11
Turf & Turfgrass Management	10

Related Majors

• Agricultural Mechanization
• Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
• Soil Sciences
• Agricultural Public Services
• Food Science Technology

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 NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Retail Sales Supervisors	39,420	$45,990
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,780	$53,210
Agricultural Sciences Professors	760	$50,720
Pesticide Applicators	240	$37,470
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	50	$100,370

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 Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.