Horticulture at Pennsylvania College of Technology

If you are interested in studying horticulture, you may want to check out the program at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Penn College is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and approximately 4,565 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.

Penn College Horticulture Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Horticulture

Penn College Horticulture Rankings

Horticulture Student Demographics at Penn College

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

Penn College Horticulture Associate’s Program

57% Women

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of horticulture associate's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in horticulture only graduates about 46% women each year. The program at Penn College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in horticulture at Penn College are white. Around 86% 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 Pennsylvania College of Technology with a associate's in horticulture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Horticulture

The following horticulture concentations are available at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pennsylvania College of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
L&scaping & Groundskeeping	9
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	7

Food Processing

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 PA, the home state for Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Retail Sales Supervisors	46,010	$46,680
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,780	$52,200
Pesticide Applicators	680	$37,480
Agricultural Sciences Professors	390	$106,970
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	50	$90,650

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
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