Horticulture at Palo Alto College

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

Palo Alto College is located in San Antonio, Texas and approximately 11,193 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.

Palo Alto College Horticulture Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Horticulture (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Horticulture

Palo Alto College Horticulture Rankings

Horticulture Student Demographics at Palo Alto College

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

Palo Alto College Horticulture Associate’s Program

50% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of horticulture associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in horticulture only graduates about 46% women each year. The program at Palo Alto College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto College with a associate's in horticulture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
L&scaping & Groundskeeping	5
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	1

General Agriculture

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 TX, the home state for Palo Alto College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Retail Sales Supervisors	96,740	$45,570
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	6,120	$47,900
Agricultural Sciences Professors	1,010	$93,580
Pesticide Applicators	820	$35,650
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	400	$81,330

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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