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Horticulture at University of Rhode Island

Horticulture at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year.

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

URI Horticulture Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture

URI Horticulture Rankings

The horticulture major at URI 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 URI

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

URI Horticulture Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of horticulture bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical horticulture bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

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About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in horticulture at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in horticulture.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 21
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Horticulture

If you plan to be a horticulture major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Rhode Island. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Applied Horticulture/Horticultural Business Services, Other 14

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation Jobs in RI Average Salary in RI
Retail Sales Supervisors 3,590 $56,540
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors 480 $62,420

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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