A program that prepares individuals to manage and maintain indoor and/or outdoor ornamental and recreational plants and groundcovers and related conceptual designs established by landscape architects, interior designers, enterprise owners or managers, and individual clients. Includes instruction in applicable principles of horticulture, gardening, plant and soil irrigation and nutrition, turf maintenance, plant maintenance, equipment operation and maintenance, personnel supervision, and purchasing.
| A major in Landscaping and Groundskeeping is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 11
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Landscaping and Groundskeeping among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Brigham Young University-Idaho
Rexburg, ID | 35
(1.5%) |  |  | |
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| | University of Maine
Orono, ME | 18
(1.1%) | |  | |
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| | South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD | 12
(0.7%) | |  | |
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| | Brigham Young University
Provo, UT | 32
(0.5%) |  | | |
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| | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
Stillwater, OK | 15
(0.4%) | | | |
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| | Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS | 10
(0.4%) | | | |
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| | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA | 35
(0.4%) | | | |
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| | University of Delaware
Newark, DE | 10
(0.3%) | | | |
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| | University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE | 5
(0.2%) | | | |
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| | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA | 5
(0.1%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.