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2024 Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools

4 Colleges in the United States
54 Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Degrees Awarded
Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1082 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for agricultural & horticultural plant breeding students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 54 degrees in agricultural & horticultural plant breeding during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding School

Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools Your choice of agricultural & horticultural plant breeding school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
Master's Degrees in Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
Doctor's Degrees in Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding in the United States

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degree levels they offer.

Top Schools in Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY

Cornell University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in agricultural & horticultural plant breeding. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.

There were about 7 agricultural & horticultural plant breeding students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IA

It is difficult to beat Iowa State University if you wish to pursue a degree in agricultural & horticultural plant breeding. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.

There were about 15 agricultural & horticultural plant breeding students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TX

Every student who is interested in agricultural & horticultural plant breeding has to look into Texas A&M University - College Station. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.

There were about 17 agricultural & horticultural plant breeding students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In GA

Any student who is interested in agricultural & horticultural plant breeding needs to check out University of Georgia. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.

There were about 8 agricultural & horticultural plant breeding students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In WA

Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.

There were about 7 agricultural & horticultural plant breeding students who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent year we have data available.

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Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
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One of 6 majors within the Plant Sciences area of study, Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Agronomy & Crop Science 1,153
Horticultural Science 823
Plant Science, General 668
Range Science & Management 190
Plant Protection & Integrated Pest Management 179
Plant Sciences, Other 108

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