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. In 2021, 14 horticulture majors received their bachelor's degree from URI.

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

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Horticulture Schools	44

How Much Do Horticulture Graduates from URI Make?

The median salary of horticulture students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $32,486. This is less than $39,428, which is the national average of all horticulture majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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

Of the 14 horticulture students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from URI, about 57% were men and 43% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in horticulture at URI are white. This is typical 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

URI 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
• 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.