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2023 Best Horticulture Bachelor's Degree Schools

24 Colleges
$37,976 Avg Salary
$22,461 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Horticulture Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 3,234 people earned a degree or certificate in horticulture, making the major the #218 most popular in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Horticulture Bachelor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 24 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the horticulture bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Horticulture Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best school in the United States for horticulture students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means South Dakota State University is a great place for horticulture students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, horticulture graduates from UNL carry an average student debtload of $25,228.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

On average, horticulture graduates from Texas A&M College Station take out $19,758 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for horticulture students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo did quite well on this year’s best schools for horticulture students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a very large student population.

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North Carolina State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#8

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Georgia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for horticulture students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Athens.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for horticulture students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Horticulture Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. ABAC Tifton is a small public school located in the town of Tifton.

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Horticulture by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 16 majors within the area of study, horticulture has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 8,646
Animal Science 8,294
Agricultural Economics & Business 8,098
General Agriculture 3,370
Plant Sciences 3,175

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 24 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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