Horticultural Science

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 52 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2588 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

557

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

138

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,734

awards given

Top Schools for Horticultural Science

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	222
2	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	216
3	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	177
4	Iowa State University Ames, IA	150
5	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	141
6	Auburn University Auburn, AL	120
7	SUNY Morrisville Morrisville, NY	114
8	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	102
9	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	93
10	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	90
11	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	78
12	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	75
13	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	72
14	University of Georgia Athens, GA	57
15	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR	54
16	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	48
17	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	48
18	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	45
19	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	45
20	Connecticut State Community College Hartford, CT	44
21	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	39
22	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	36
23	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	36
24	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	33
25	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	30
26	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	30
27	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	30
28	Clemson University Clemson, SC	30
29	University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI	27
30	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	27
31	University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls, WI	24
32	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	21
33	Delaware Valley University Doylestown, PA	21
34	Washington State University Pullman, WA	21
35	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	21
36	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	21
37	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	21
38	Athens Technical College Athens, GA	20
39	Fort Valley State University Fort Valley, GA	15
40	Shepherds College Union Grove, WI	15
41	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	15
42	Utah State University Logan, UT	12
43	Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute Wooster, OH	9
44	College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO	9
45	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	9
46	University of Minnesota-Crookston Crookston, MN	6
47	Missouri State University-West Plains West Plains, MO	4
48	Century College White Bear Lake, MN	3
49	Bergen Community College Paramus, NJ	3
50	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	3
51	Northern Wyoming Community College District Sheridan, WY	3
52	NorthWest Arkansas Community College Bentonville, AR	3