Turf and Turfgrass Management

A program that focuses on turfgrasses and related groundcover plants and prepares individuals to develop ornamental or recreational grasses and related products; plant, transplant, and manage grassed areas; and to produce and store turf used for transplantation. Includes instruction in applicable plant sciences, genetics of grasses, turf science, use analysis, turf management, and related economics.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 42 institutions across the United States, with a total of 1268 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

112

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

192

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

degrees awarded

Master's Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

867

awards given

Top Schools for Turf and Turfgrass Management

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	138
2	Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown, NC	119
3	Wayne Community College Goldsboro, NC	96
4	Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tifton, GA	72
5	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	54
6	Horry-Georgetown Technical College Conway, SC	51
7	Catawba Valley Community College Hickory, NC	49
8	College of the Desert Palm Desert, CA	49
9	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	48
10	Spokane Community College Spokane, WA	45
11	Chattahoochee Technical College Marietta, GA	44
12	Southeast Technical College Sioux Falls, SD	42
13	State Technical College of Missouri Linn, MO	42
14	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	39
15	Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids, IA	33
16	Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute Wooster, OH	30
17	Western Texas College Snyder, TX	27
18	East Mississippi Community College Scooba, MS	24
19	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	24
20	Iowa Central Community College Fort Dodge, IA	24
21	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	21
22	Piedmont Technical College Greenwood, SC	20
23	Brunswick Community College Bolivia, NC	20
24	University of Georgia Athens, GA	18
25	Walla Walla Community College Walla Walla, WA	15
26	North Arkansas College Harrison, AR	12
27	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	12
28	SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill, NY	12
29	Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC	12
30	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	9
31	Delaware Valley University Doylestown, PA	9
32	Illinois Central College East Peoria, IL	8
33	Mt San Antonio College Walnut, CA	8
34	Southern Crescent Technical College Griffin, GA	8
35	University of Minnesota-Crookston Crookston, MN	6
36	First Coast Technical College Saint Augustine, FL	6
37	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi, NY	6
38	Joliet Junior College Joliet, IL	4
39	Cuyamaca College El Cajon, CA	3
40	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	3
41	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston, MS	3
42	Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Cincinnati, OH	3