2025 Best Horticulture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in horticulture. It is ranked #228 out of 363 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Horticulture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 70 bachelor's degrees in horticulture to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Horticulture School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of horticulture for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on horticulture students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of horticulture students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt horticulture students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized horticulture related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for horticulture students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Horticulture Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Horticulture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Horticulture in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in horticulture.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Horticulture

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

14 Annual Graduates

Mississippi State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in horticulture. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in horticulture from Mississippi State University

2

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

16 Annual Graduates

$29,241 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Arkansas if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in horticulture. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a very large student population.

Soon after graduating, horticulture bachelor's recipients typically make around $29,241 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in horticulture from University of Arkansas

3

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Tifton, GA

24 Annual Graduates

$44,751 Median Starting Salary

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is a good choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in horticulture. ABAC Tifton is a small public college located in the distant town of Tifton.

Bachelor's recipients from the horticulture major at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College make $7,755 above the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in horticulture from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Best Horticulture Colleges by State

Explore the best horticulture colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	0
Georgia	224	27
North Carolina	213	3
South Carolina	195	3
Kentucky	187	3
Mississippi	169	14
Arkansas	167	16

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Horticulture Related Rankings by Major

Horticulture is one of 18 different types of Agriculture & Agriculture Operations programs to choose from.

Horticulture Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Turf & Turfgrass Management	36
Ornamental Horticulture	16
L&scaping & Groundskeeping	14
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	4

Majors Similar to Horticulture

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Animal Science	1,711
Agricultural Economics & Business	1,078
General Agriculture	535
Plant Sciences	406
Other Agriculture	260
Food Science Technology	227
Agricultural Production	222
Agricultural Public Services	119
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	73
Animal Services	72

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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