2024 Best Horticulture Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
599Horticulture Degrees Awarded
$35,330Avg Early-Career Salary
Horticulture is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #218 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for horticulture students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 599 degrees in horticulture to qualified students.
Your choice of horticulture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for horticulture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Horticulture Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Horticulture in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the horticulture degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in horticulture. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 horticulture students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in horticulture. Located in the town of Wooster, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is a public university with a small student population.
There were approximately 32 horticulture students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in horticulture has to check out Chippewa Valley Technical College. CVTC is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Eau Claire. A Best Colleges rank of #410 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means CVTC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 20 horticulture students who graduated with this degree at CVTC in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in horticulture has to check out Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. Cincinnati State is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #442 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cincinnati State is a great college overall.
There were roughly 15 horticulture students who graduated with this degree at Cincinnati State in the most recent year we have data available. Those horticulture students who get their degree from Cincinnati State Technical and Community College earn $3,389 more than the average horticulture graduate.
SIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Carbondale. This university ranks 23rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 9 horticulture students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the horticulture program report average early career earnings of $31,941.
Located in the distant town of Mattoon, Lake Land College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 75th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 84 horticulture students who graduated with this degree at Lake Land College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Perrysburg, Owens State Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 58th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 15 horticulture students who graduated with this degree at Owens State Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of horticulture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for horticulture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
