Horticulture at University of Georgia

If you plan to study horticulture, take a look at what University of Georgia has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 horticulture majors received their bachelor's degree from UGA.

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

UGA Horticulture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture

UGA Horticulture Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the horticulture progam at UGA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UGA 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 Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8

Horticulture Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Horticulture Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in horticulture from UGA. About 0% of these graduates were women and the other 100% were men.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in horticulture at UGA 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 Georgia 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

UGA 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
• Soil Sciences
• General Agriculture
• Agricultural Public Services
• Food Science Technology

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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Retail Sales Supervisors	36,500	$43,760
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	3,460	$46,990
Pesticide Applicators	660	$36,960
Agricultural Sciences Professors	320	$116,600
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	50	$84,110

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.