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
1Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado11$51,0051 year out$58,189—2Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania35$49,8721 year out$55,006$26,9253Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania11$49,8721 year out$55,006$26,9254Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, Pennsylvania6$47,3751 year out—$26,0005Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah29$46,4391 year out——6University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska12$46,2891 year out$56,741$24,9987Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeTifton, Georgia24$44,7511 year out$57,957$25,0008Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas33$41,3411 year out$59,586$18,4229Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas—$34,5981 year out—$18,75010University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas16$29,2411 year out——11Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho43$26,2381 year out$43,287$12,74912University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island24—1 year out$48,601—13Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi14—1 year out——14Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois12—1 year out$38,736—15Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York10—1 year out—$23,90016University of MaineOrono, Maine9—1 year out——17Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana7—1 year out——18University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia6—1 year out——19Andrews UniversityBerrien Springs, Michigan6—1 year out——20North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina6—1 year out——21South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota5—1 year out$49,698—22University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts4—1 year out——23SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York4—1 year out——24Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina4—1 year out——25Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington4—1 year out——26Kent State University at SalemSalem, Ohio3—1 year out——27University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookston, Minnesota2—1 year out——28University of DelawareNewark, Delaware1—1 year out——29New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico1—1 year out——30Concordia University-WisconsinMequon, Wisconsin1—1 year out——
Associate programs — top 100 of 162 colleges by graduate earnings
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania29$46,1151 year out—$30,7162Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania—$46,1151 year out—$30,7163North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina17$38,3391 year out—$14,3754Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa18$35,9001 year out$40,840$11,0005Ohio State University Agricultural Technical InstituteWooster, Ohio27$34,1901 year out$42,621$12,0006Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio—$34,1901 year out$42,621$12,0007Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania14$30,1851 year out—$12,0008Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina20$29,2601 year out——9Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas26—1 year out——10Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri25—1 year out——11Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, Washington25—1 year out——12Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia20—1 year out——13Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio20—1 year out$49,941—14Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida19—1 year out——15Southeast Technical CollegeSioux Falls, South Dakota19—1 year out$47,472—16Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota18—1 year out——17Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua, New York18—1 year out——18Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia18—1 year out——19Merritt CollegeOakland, California17—1 year out——20Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina17—1 year out——21University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts16—1 year out$56,726$11,00022Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa15—1 year out——23Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York15—1 year out——24College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois14—1 year out——25Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina14—1 year out——26Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin14—1 year out——27Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, California13—1 year out——28Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas13—1 year out——29Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York13—1 year out——30Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington13—1 year out——31Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California12—1 year out——32State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri12—1 year out——33Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina12—1 year out——34Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthens, Texas12—1 year out——35Palo Alto CollegeSan Antonio, Texas12—1 year out——36Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland12—1 year out——37College of the DesertPalm Desert, California11—1 year out——38Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia11—1 year out——39SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York11—1 year out——40Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina11—1 year out——41Williamson College of the TradesMedia, Pennsylvania11—1 year out——42Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington11—1 year out——43Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado10—1 year out$37,218—44Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta Fe, New Mexico10—1 year out——45Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, North Carolina10—1 year out——46Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina10—1 year out——47J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia10—1 year out——48Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin10—1 year out——49Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin10—1 year out——50College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho10—1 year out——51Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California9—1 year out——52Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia9—1 year out——53East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi9—1 year out——54Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska9—1 year out——55Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, North Carolina9—1 year out——56Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, Oklahoma9—1 year out——57Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon9—1 year out——58Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas9—1 year out——59Western Texas CollegeSnyder, Texas9—1 year out——60University of Puerto Rico-UtuadoUtuado, Puerto Rico9—1 year out——61Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois8—1 year out——62Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina8—1 year out——63Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio8—1 year out——64Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——65Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah8—1 year out——66Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California7—1 year out——67Foothill CollegeLos Altos Hills, California7—1 year out——68Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California7—1 year out——69Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California7—1 year out——70McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois7—1 year out——71Iowa Central Community CollegeFort Dodge, Iowa7—1 year out——72Central Lakes College-BrainerdBrainerd, Minnesota7—1 year out——73Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon7—1 year out——74Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina7—1 year out——75Hawaii Community CollegeHilo, Hawaii7—1 year out——76American River CollegeSacramento, California6—1 year out——77Merced CollegeMerced, California6—1 year out——78Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia6—1 year out——79Kishwaukee CollegeMalta, Illinois6—1 year out——80Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana6—1 year out——81Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville, Mississippi6—1 year out——82Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina6—1 year out——83Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina6—1 year out——84Sandhills Community CollegePinehurst, North Carolina6—1 year out——85Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California5—1 year out——86Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California5—1 year out——87Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California5—1 year out——88Solano Community CollegeFairfield, California5—1 year out——89Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia5—1 year out——90College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois5—1 year out——91Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois5—1 year out——92Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska5—1 year out——93Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, New Jersey5—1 year out——94Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, North Carolina5—1 year out——95Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas5—1 year out——96South Seattle CollegeSeattle, Washington5—1 year out——97Walla Walla Community CollegeWalla Walla, Washington5—1 year out——98North Arkansas CollegeHarrison, Arkansas4—1 year out——99Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California4—1 year out——100Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California4—1 year out——
Certificate programs — top 100 of 171 colleges by graduate earnings
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan22$42,5131 year out$44,933$13,7222Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado43$28,7031 year out$39,243$14,0003Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois321$7,9721 year out—$8,1424Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida108—1 year out——5Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas99—1 year out——6Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland55—1 year out——7Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia52—1 year out——8Western Texas CollegeSnyder, Texas51—1 year out——9Tacoma Community CollegeTacoma, Washington49—1 year out——10Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio47—1 year out——11Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California45—1 year out——12Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana44—1 year out——13College of the DesertPalm Desert, California36—1 year out——14Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California36—1 year out——15Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas34—1 year out——16Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington34—1 year out——17Palo Alto CollegeSan Antonio, Texas32—1 year out——18Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthens, Texas30—1 year out——19Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin30—1 year out——20Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California29—1 year out——21Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia28—1 year out——22Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois27—1 year out——23Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina26—1 year out——24Merritt CollegeOakland, California24—1 year out——25Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina24—1 year out——26Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina24—1 year out——27Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin24—1 year out——28Kishwaukee CollegeMalta, Illinois23—1 year out——29Wilkes 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 (—).