Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services
3,921 students earn a applied horticulture and horticultural business services credential each year across 240 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $46,289
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $55,006
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Bachelor's programs — 30 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho43$26,2381 year out$43,287$12,7492Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania35$49,8721 year out$55,006$26,9253Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas33$41,3411 year out$59,586$18,4224Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah29$46,4391 year out——5Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeTifton, Georgia24$44,7511 year out$57,957$25,0006University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island24—1 year out$48,601—7University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas16$29,2411 year out——8Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi14—1 year out——9Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois12—1 year out$38,736—10University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska12$46,2891 year out$56,741$24,99811Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado11$51,0051 year out$58,189—12Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania11$49,8721 year out$55,006$26,92513Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York10—1 year out—$23,90014University of MaineOrono, Maine9—1 year out——15Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana7—1 year out——16University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia6—1 year out——17Andrews UniversityBerrien Springs, Michigan6—1 year out——18North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina6—1 year out——19Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, Pennsylvania6$47,3751 year out—$26,00020South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota5—1 year out$49,698—21University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts4—1 year out——22SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York4—1 year out——23Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina4—1 year out——24Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington4—1 year out——25Kent State University at SalemSalem, Ohio3—1 year out——26University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookston, Minnesota2—1 year out——27University of DelawareNewark, Delaware1—1 year out——28New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico1—1 year out——29Concordia University-WisconsinMequon, Wisconsin1—1 year out——30Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas—$34,5981 year out—$18,750
Associate programs — top 100 of 162 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania29$46,1151 year out—$30,7162Ohio State University Agricultural Technical InstituteWooster, Ohio27$34,1901 year out$42,621$12,0003Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas26—1 year out——4Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri25—1 year out——5Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, Washington25—1 year out——6Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia20—1 year out——7Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio20—1 year out$49,941—8Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina20$29,2601 year out——9Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida19—1 year out——10Southeast Technical CollegeSioux Falls, South Dakota19—1 year out$47,472—11Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa18$35,9001 year out$40,840$11,00012Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota18—1 year out——13Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua, New York18—1 year out——14Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia18—1 year out——15Merritt CollegeOakland, California17—1 year out——16North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina17$38,3391 year out—$14,37517Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina17—1 year out——18University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts16—1 year out$56,726$11,00019Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa15—1 year out——20Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York15—1 year out——21College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois14—1 year out——22Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina14—1 year out——23Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin14—1 year out——24Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania14$30,1851 year out—$12,00025Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, California13—1 year out——26Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas13—1 year out——27Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York13—1 year out——28Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington13—1 year out——29Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California12—1 year out——30State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri12—1 year out——31Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina12—1 year out——32Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthens, Texas12—1 year out——33Palo Alto CollegeSan Antonio, Texas12—1 year out——34Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland12—1 year out——35College of the DesertPalm Desert, California11—1 year out——36Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia11—1 year out——37SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York11—1 year out——38Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina11—1 year out——39Williamson College of the TradesMedia, Pennsylvania11—1 year out——40Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington11—1 year out——41Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado10—1 year out$37,218—42Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta Fe, New Mexico10—1 year out——43Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, North Carolina10—1 year out——44Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina10—1 year out——45J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia10—1 year out——46Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin10—1 year out——47Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin10—1 year out——48College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho10—1 year out——49Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California9—1 year out——50Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia9—1 year out——51East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi9—1 year out——52Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska9—1 year out——53Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, North Carolina9—1 year out——54Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, Oklahoma9—1 year out——55Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon9—1 year out——56Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas9—1 year out——57Western Texas CollegeSnyder, Texas9—1 year out——58University of Puerto Rico-UtuadoUtuado, Puerto Rico9—1 year out——59Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois8—1 year out——60Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina8—1 year out——61Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio8—1 year out——62Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——63Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah8—1 year out——64Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California7—1 year out——65Foothill CollegeLos Altos Hills, California7—1 year out——66Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California7—1 year out——67Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California7—1 year out——68McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois7—1 year out——69Iowa Central Community CollegeFort Dodge, Iowa7—1 year out——70Central Lakes College-BrainerdBrainerd, Minnesota7—1 year out——71Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon7—1 year out——72Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina7—1 year out——73Hawaii Community CollegeHilo, Hawaii7—1 year out——74American River CollegeSacramento, California6—1 year out——75Merced CollegeMerced, California6—1 year out——76Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia6—1 year out——77Kishwaukee CollegeMalta, Illinois6—1 year out——78Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana6—1 year out——79Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville, Mississippi6—1 year out——80Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina6—1 year out——81Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina6—1 year out——82Sandhills Community CollegePinehurst, North Carolina6—1 year out——83Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California5—1 year out——84Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California5—1 year out——85Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California5—1 year out——86Solano Community CollegeFairfield, California5—1 year out——87Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia5—1 year out——88College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois5—1 year out——89Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois5—1 year out——90Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska5—1 year out——91Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, New Jersey5—1 year out——92Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, North Carolina5—1 year out——93Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas5—1 year out——94South Seattle CollegeSeattle, Washington5—1 year out——95Walla Walla Community CollegeWalla Walla, Washington5—1 year out——96North Arkansas CollegeHarrison, Arkansas4—1 year out——97Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California4—1 year out——98Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California4—1 year out——99Mendocino CollegeUkiah, California4—1 year out——100Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, California4—1 year out——
Certificate programs — top 100 of 171 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois321$7,9721 year out—$8,1422Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida108—1 year out——3Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas99—1 year out——4Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland55—1 year out——5Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia52—1 year out——6Western Texas CollegeSnyder, Texas51—1 year out——7Tacoma Community CollegeTacoma, Washington49—1 year out——8Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio47—1 year out——9Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California45—1 year out——10Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana44—1 year out——11Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado43$28,7031 year out$39,243$14,00012College of the DesertPalm Desert, California36—1 year out——13Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California36—1 year out——14Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas34—1 year out——15Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington34—1 year out——16Palo Alto CollegeSan Antonio, Texas32—1 year out——17Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthens, Texas30—1 year out——18Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin30—1 year out——19Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California29—1 year out——20Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia28—1 year out——21Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois27—1 year out——22Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina26—1 year out——23Merritt CollegeOakland, California24—1 year out——24Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina24—1 year out——25Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina24—1 year out——26Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin24—1 year out——27Kishwaukee CollegeMalta, Illinois23—1 year out——28Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan22$42,5131 year out$44,933$13,72229Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, North Carolina22—1 year out——30Florida Gateway CollegeLake City, Florida21—1 year out——31University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri21—1 year out——32Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina21—1 year out——33Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, North Carolina20—1 year out——34Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio20—1 year out——35Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia19—1 year out——36Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, North Carolina18—1 year out——37Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina18—1 year out——38Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, Washington18—1 year out——39Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida17—1 year out——40Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia17—1 year out——41Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York17—1 year out——42Connors State CollegeWarner, Oklahoma17—1 year out——43Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon17—1 year out——44Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia16—1 year out——45City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, Illinois16—1 year out——46Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina16—1 year out——47Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona15—1 year out——48Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas15—1 year out——49Pickens Technical CollegeAurora, Colorado14—1 year out——50Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California13—1 year out——51College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois13—1 year out——52Michigan Career and Technical InstitutePlainwell, Michigan13—1 year out——53Mid-America Technology CenterWayne, Oklahoma13—1 year out——54College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho13—1 year out——55J F Ingram State Technical CollegeDeatsville, Alabama12—1 year out——56Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California12—1 year out——57Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida12—1 year out——58Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia12—1 year out——59Central Lakes College-BrainerdBrainerd, Minnesota12—1 year out——60Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri12—1 year out——61McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois11—1 year out——62Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota11—1 year out——63Brunswick Community CollegeBolivia, North Carolina11—1 year out——64Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia11—1 year out——65Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California10—1 year out——66Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut10—1 year out——67College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois10—1 year out——68Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa10—1 year out——69Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, North Carolina10—1 year out——70Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska9—1 year out——71High Plains Technology CenterWoodward, Oklahoma9—1 year out——72Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon9—1 year out——73Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah9—1 year out——74J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia9—1 year out——75Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin9—1 year out——76City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California8—1 year out——77Monterey Peninsula CollegeMonterey, California8—1 year out——78Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina8—1 year out——79University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio8—1 year out——80Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin8—1 year out——81American River CollegeSacramento, California7—1 year out——82Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California7—1 year out——83Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland7—1 year out——84Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta Fe, New Mexico7—1 year out——85Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington7—1 year out——86MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California6—1 year out——87First Coast Technical CollegeSaint Augustine, Florida6—1 year out——88Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, Georgia6—1 year out——89Kankakee Community CollegeKankakee, Illinois6—1 year out——90Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa6—1 year out——91Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——92Yavapai CollegePrescott, Arizona5—1 year out——93Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California5—1 year out——94Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California5—1 year out——95San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California5—1 year out——96Parkland CollegeChampaign, Illinois5—1 year out——97Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska5—1 year out——98Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina5—1 year out——99Sandhills Community CollegePinehurst, North Carolina5—1 year out——100Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, Oklahoma5—1 year out——
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).