Horticulture at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

What traits are you looking for in a horticulture school? To help you decide if Southern Illinois University Carbondale is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's horticulture program.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,476 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2021, 9 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.

SIUC Horticulture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture

SIUC Horticulture Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks horticulture programs across the country. The following shows how SIUC performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The horticulture major at SIUC 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
Best Value Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Horticulture Schools	149

Earnings of SIUC Horticulture Graduates

The median salary of horticulture students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUC is $31,941. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $39,428 for all horticulture students.

Horticulture Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the horticulture majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Horticulture Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of horticulture bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in horticulture at SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in horticulture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Food Science Technology
• Agricultural Production
• Plant Sciences
• General Agriculture
• Soil Sciences

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Retail Sales Supervisors	38,510	$42,880
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	3,570	$54,340
Pesticide Applicators	1,650	$39,930
Agricultural Sciences Professors	380	$88,640
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	240	$66,820

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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.