Applied Horticulture Horticulture Operations General

A program that focuses on the general production and processing of domesticated plants, shrubs, flowers, foliage, trees, groundcovers, and related plant materials; the management of technical and business operations connected with horticultural services; and the basic scientific principles needed to understand plants and their management and care.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 150 institutions across the United States, with a total of 7062 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

1,315

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

631

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Other Awards

5,028

awards given

Top Schools for Applied Horticulture Horticulture Operations General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Lake Land College Mattoon, IL	1,200
2	Lee College Baytown, TX	474
3	Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	231
4	Front Range Community College Westminster, CO	202
5	Tacoma Community College Tacoma, WA	193
6	Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland, WA	159
7	Trinity Valley Community College Athens, TX	156
8	Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, TX	148
9	Gateway Technical College Kenosha, WI	123
10	College of the Desert Palm Desert, CA	119
11	Southwestern Illinois College Belleville, IL	117
12	Saint Louis Community College Bridgeton, MO	111
13	Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA	109
14	Gwinnett Technical College Lawrenceville, GA	102
15	Blue Ridge Community College Flat Rock, NC	101
16	Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, NC	96
17	Niagara County Community College Sanborn, NY	96
18	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	90
19	Carteret Community College Morehead City, NC	86
20	Forsyth Technical Community College Winston-Salem, NC	82
21	Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins, GA	76
22	Fox Valley Technical College Appleton, WI	72
23	College of Western Idaho Nampa, ID	69
24	Connors State College Warner, OK	68
25	Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville, NC	67
26	J Sargeant Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA	66
27	Cabrillo College Aptos, CA	62
28	Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg, SC	60
29	Pickens Technical College Aurora, CO	56
30	Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH	56
31	Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA	54
32	Johnson County Community College Overland Park, KS	54
33	Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua, NY	54
34	Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA	51
35	Trident Technical College Charleston, SC	50
36	McHenry County College Crystal Lake, IL	49
37	Chattahoochee Technical College Marietta, GA	48
38	J F Ingram State Technical College Deatsville, AL	48
39	Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY	48
40	Central Lakes College-Brainerd Brainerd, MN	45
41	Augusta Technical College Augusta, GA	45
42	Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC	44
43	Virginia Western Community College Roanoke, VA	44
44	Clackamas Community College Oregon City, OR	43
45	College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL	42
46	Piedmont Technical College Greenwood, SC	41
47	Montgomery College Rockville, MD	40
48	Mid-America Technology Center Wayne, OK	39
49	Orange Coast College Costa Mesa, CA	39
50	Monterey Peninsula College Monterey, CA	35
51	Chippewa Valley Technical College Eau Claire, WI	34
52	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	33
53	Williamson College of the Trades Media, PA	33
54	Brunswick Community College Bolivia, NC	33
55	Georgia Northwestern Technical College Rome, GA	32
56	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	32
57	Merritt College Oakland, CA	31
58	Mt San Antonio College Walnut, CA	31
59	Southern Crescent Technical College Griffin, GA	30
60	Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK	30
61	Edmonds College Lynnwood, WA	29
62	Merced College Merced, CA	29
63	Western Piedmont Community College Morganton, NC	28
64	Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA	28
65	Victor Valley College Victorville, CA	27
66	Jones County Junior College Ellisville, MS	27
67	Southeast Community College Area Lincoln, NE	27
68	University of Puerto Rico-Utuado Utuado, PR	27
69	High Plains Technology Center Woodward, OK	27
70	University of Maine Orono, ME	27
71	Metropolitan Community College Area Omaha, NE	25
72	Pennsylvania Institute of Technology Media, PA	24
73	Lanier Technical College Gainesville, GA	24
74	South Seattle College Seattle, WA	24
75	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	24
76	Vincennes University Vincennes, IN	22
77	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	21
78	Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CA	21
79	Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster, CA	21
80	Joliet Junior College Joliet, IL	21
81	College of Lake County Grayslake, IL	20
82	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	20
83	Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill, CA	20
84	Solano Community College Fairfield, CA	19
85	Mount Marty University Yankton, SD	18
86	Alamance Community College Graham, NC	18
87	Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI	18
88	Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas Helena, AR	16
89	American River College Sacramento, CA	16
90	Catawba Valley Community College Hickory, NC	16
91	Cosumnes River College Sacramento, CA	16
92	North Shore Community College Danvers, MA	16
93	Houston Community College Houston, TX	15
94	Yavapai College Prescott, AZ	15
95	Northeast Community College Norfolk, NE	15
96	Southeast Technical College Sioux Falls, SD	15
97	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	15
98	Palo Alto College San Antonio, TX	14
99	Anne Arundel Community College Arnold, MD	13
100	Kankakee Community College Kankakee, IL	13