Horticulture at Purdue University - Main Campus

Every horticulture school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the horticulture program at Purdue University - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. Of the 8,338 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 6 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.

Purdue Horticulture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture

Purdue Horticulture Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the horticulture progam at Purdue 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 Purdue 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
Most Popular Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13

Horticulture Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Horticulture Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 horticulture students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue, about 83% were men and 17% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in horticulture at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus 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

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

Related Majors

• Soil Sciences
• General Agriculture
• Agricultural Public Services
• Plant Sciences
• Agricultural Mechanization

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Retail Sales Supervisors	25,130	$40,280
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,140	$47,280
Pesticide Applicators	1,050	$41,180
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	40	$64,030

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.