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.
| 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 46
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Horticultural Science among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley, GA | 12
(4.5%) |  |  | |
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| | University of Wisconsin-River Falls
River Falls, WI | 33
(3.1%) |  | | |
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| | Auburn University Main Campus
Auburn University, AL | 68
(1.8%) | |  | |
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| | College of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO | 5
(1.7%) |  | | |
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| | Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS | 50
(1.4%) |  | | |
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| | University of Minnesota-Crookston
Crookston, MN | 3
(1.4%) | | | |
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| | Montana State University
Bozeman, MT | 23
(1.3%) | | | |
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| | Iowa State University
Ames, IA | 46
(1.0%) | | | |
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| | University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Mayaguez, PR | 15
(1.0%) | |  | |
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| | Utah State University
Logan, UT | 28
(1.0%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.