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A program that focuses on the scientific principles related to the cultivation of garden and ornamental plants, including fruits, vegetables, flowers, and landscape and nursery crops. Includes instruction in specific types of plants, such as citrus; breeding horticultural varieties; physiology of horticultural species; and the scientific management of horticultural plant development and production through the life cycle.
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| A major in Horticultural Science is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 45
U.S.
Colleges with the
most degrees awarded
of Horticultural Science among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | Auburn University Main Campus
Auburn University, AL | 72
(1.9%) |  |  |
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| | Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS | 68
(1.9%) |  | |
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| | North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC | 48
(1.0%) | | |
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| | Iowa State University
Ames, IA | 38
(0.9%) | | |
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| | Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI | 35
(0.4%) | | |
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| | University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Lincoln, NE | 34
(1.1%) | | |
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| | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN | 32
(0.5%) | | |
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| | Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN | 31
(0.5%) | | |
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| | Utah State University
Logan, UT | 27
(0.9%) | |  |
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| | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA | 24
(0.5%) | | |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
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