Horticulture isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #218 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
There was only one school in Colorado to review for the 2024 Best Horticulture Schools in Colorado ranking.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Horticulture Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the horticulture degrees they offer, see the list below.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in horticulture. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Those horticulture students who get their degree from Colorado State University - Fort Collins earn $5,967 more than the standard horticulture student.
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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