2024 Best Horticultural Science Schools in the New England Region

A degree in horticultural science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #474 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for horticultural science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 30 degrees in horticultural science to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Horticultural Science Schools List

Horticultural Science Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Horticultural Science Schools in the New England Region 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 Horticultural Science in the New England Region

The schools below may not offer all types of horticultural science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top New England Region Schools in Horticultural Science

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

33.3% Growth in Graduates

University of Connecticut is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in horticultural science. UCONN is a very large public university located in the suburb of Storrs.More information about a degree in horticultural science from University of Connecticut

2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in horticultural science. UMass Amherst is a very large public university located in the suburb of Amherst.More information about a degree in horticultural science from University of Massachusetts Amherst

Best Horticultural Science Colleges by State

Explore the best horticultural science schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	9
Connecticut	538	11
Maine	396	0
Vermont	352	3

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Horticultural Science Related Rankings by Major

One of 6 majors within the Plant Sciences area of study, Horticultural Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Plant Science, General	29
Agronomy & Crop Science	8

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Notes and References

• 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.