2026 Best Horticulture Schools in Iowa
Horticulture programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. The schools below stand out for the quality of their horticulture programs.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for horticulture students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Horticulture in Iowa
If you are not 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.
Top Schools in Horticulture
Kirkwood Community College tops our 2026 ranking of the best horticulture schools. Located in the city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a large public university. There were roughly 14 horticulture students who graduated with this degree at Kirkwood Community College in the most recent data year. Horticulture graduates of Kirkwood Community College earn a median of $35,900 early in their careers. Typical student debt for the program is $11,000.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 5 schools evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
