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Horticulture at Sandhills Community College

If you plan to study Horticulture, take a look at what Sandhills Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Sandhills Community College is in Pinehurst, NC.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 26 horticulture degrees were awarded at Sandhills Community College.

Online Class Availability at Sandhills Community College

Online coursework is an option at Sandhills Community College. Among 4,115 students, 1,503 (37%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 1,539 (37%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the diversity of Horticulture graduates at Sandhills Community College, by degree type.

Looking at the program as a whole, Horticulture graduates at Sandhills Community College are 62% women (16) and 38% men (10).

Horticulture Associate’s Program at Sandhills Community College

Of the 8 associate’s horticulture graduates at Sandhills Community College, 25% were women (2) and 75% were men (6).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Horticulture associate’s degree recipients at Sandhills Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	6
Hispanic / Latino	1
Unknown	1

Minority students account for 12% of Horticulture associate’s degree recipients at Sandhills Community College, below the national average of 24%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Horticulture Concentrations at Sandhills Community College

The Horticulture program at Sandhills Community College offers more specialized concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Landscaping & Groundskeeping	26

Best-Paid Careers for Horticulture Graduates

Students who finish Horticulture program at Sandhills Community College work across a variety of fields. Below are the best-paid careers for Horticulture graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	$84,680
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$66,903
Farm and Home Management Educators	$55,950
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$53,224
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$43,138
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$36,803
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$34,037
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$24,378
Forest and Conservation Workers	$22,542

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.