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 45
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Horticultural Science among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
| | Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley, GA | 9
(3.1%) |  |  | |
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| | Delaware Valley College
Doylestown, PA | 8
(2.5%) |  |  | |
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| | Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS | 68
(1.9%) |  | | |
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| | Auburn University Main Campus
Auburn University, AL | 72
(1.9%) | | | |
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| | University of Wisconsin-River Falls
River Falls, WI | 18
(1.6%) | | | |
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| | Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO | 11
(1.3%) | | | |
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| | University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Mayaguez, PR | 17
(1.2%) | |  | |
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| | Montana State University
Bozeman, MT | 21
(1.1%) | | | |
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| | University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE | 34
(1.1%) | | | |
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| | North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC | 48
(1.0%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.