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Horticultural Plant Breeding Doctor’s Degrees

There are 5 colleges and universities across the nation that offer adoctor’s degree in Horticultural Plant Breeding. This degree is more popular with male students, and about5% were students from underrepresented racial-ethnic groups. Also, 55.0% of Horticultural Plant Breeding graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Horticultural Plant Breeding Majors

In the most recent year for which data is available, 39 degrees were awarded toHorticultural Plant Breeding majors across all award levels. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in Horticultural Plant Breeding at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	3
Master’s Degree	16
Doctor’s Degree (this page)	20

Earnings of Horticultural Plant Breeding Majors With Doctor’s Degrees (All Award Levels)

Federal data tracks the median salary for graduates with adoctor’s degree in Horticultural Plant Breeding of $49,331 four years after graduation. These figures are reported program-wide, across all award levels.

However, this can depend on a number of factors, such as where you live and the number of years of experience you have.

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$45,321
4 years	$49,331
5 years	$56,395

^{Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study earnings tracker (program-wide, all award levels).}

Student Debt (All Award Levels)

The data on debt ranges for Horticultural Plant Breeding majors who have their doctor’s degree is not currently available.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue doctor’s degrees in Horticultural Plant Breeding. About 80.0% of graduates in this field are men.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	16
Women	4

The racial-ethnic distribution of Horticultural Plant Breeding graduates is as follows:

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Grads	Share
White	8	40.0%
Two or More Races	1	5.0%
International Students	11	55.0%

This degree is very popular with international students. Around 55.0% of graduates are in this category.

^{See the minority definition in the References below.}

Most Popular Horticultural Plant Breeding Programs for Doctor’s Degrees

There are 7 colleges that offer a doctor’s degree in Horticultural Plant Breeding. Learn more about the most popular below:

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors similar to Horticultural Plant Breeding that also offer doctor’s degrees.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agronomy and Crop Science	1,201
Horticultural Science	903
Plant Sciences, General	692
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management	166
Range Science and Management	153

References

The racial-ethnic minority student 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 to obtain the percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.