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Horticultural Science at Virginia Tech

Horticultural Science at Virginia Tech

What traits are you looking for in a horticultural science school? To help you decide if Virginia Tech is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's horticultural science program.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year.

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

Virginia Tech Horticultural Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Horticultural Science

Virginia Tech Horticultural Science Rankings

The horticultural science major at Virginia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Horticultural Science. 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.

Horticultural Science Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the horticultural science majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 47% of horticultural science bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women.

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About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in horticultural science at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in horticultural science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 27
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Horticultural Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in horticultural science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Soil and Plant Scientists 130 $68,660
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers 40 $84,630

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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