Horticulture at University of Arkansas

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 University of Arkansas stacks up to those at other schools.

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 27,562. In 2021, 16 horticulture majors received their bachelor's degree from UARK.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Horticulture section at the bottom of this page.

UARK Horticulture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture

UARK Horticulture Rankings

The horticulture major at UARK 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.

Horticulture Student Demographics at UARK

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

UARK Horticulture Bachelor’s Program

The horticulture program at UARK awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women. The typical horticulture bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at UARK since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in horticulture at UARK 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 University of Arkansas with a bachelor's in horticulture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Agricultural Production
• Agricultural Public Services
• Plant Sciences
• Food Science Technology
• Animal Science

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Retail Sales Supervisors	12,910	$38,980
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,270	$43,010
Agricultural Sciences Professors	400	$88,260
Pesticide Applicators	350	$29,520
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	110	$67,520

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.