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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.
While Horticultural Science has degrees up to the Bachelors degree, the majority of students study towards a Masters degree. Students study Horticultural Science all around the US, though the major at the Bachelors degree level has the most graduates in Colorado. The average annual income for an undergraduate degree in Horticultural Science is $45,600.
The highest paying careers for Horticultural Science majors include Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers and Soil and Plant Scientists. But, another thing to think about is how many job openings there currently is. Jobs that are in high need that a degree in Horticultural Science can prepare you for are Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers, Soil and Plant Scientists and Farm and Home Management Educators.
These are the highest paying careers for Horticultural Science majors.
These are the careers in highest demand for Horticultural Science majors.
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