The most common degree awarded to students studying General Applied Horticulture Operations is a certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
General Applied Horticulture Operations
The most common degree awarded to students studying General Applied Horticulture Operations is a certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Applied Horticulture Operations and the types of students that study this field. Lake Land College awards the most degrees in General Applied Horticulture Operations in the US, but University of Puerto Rico-Utuado and Williamson College of the Trades have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Applied Horticulture Operations.
Tuition costs for General Applied Horticulture Operations majors are, on average, $4,575 for in-state public colleges, and $31,464 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Applied Horticulture Operations programs are false institutions (N/A total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (1,464 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Applied Horticulture Operations, is Public, 2-year (1,464 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Applied Horticulture Operations programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Lake Land College has the most General Applied Horticulture Operations degree recipients, with 217 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General Applied Horticulture Operations.
Out of all institutions that offer General Applied Horticulture Operations programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, University of Puerto Rico-Utuado has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Applied Horticulture Operations, with 12.6%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Applied Horticulture Operations by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Agriculture graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Agriculture majors is $85,509 and the most common occupations are Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Other managers, and Veterinarians.
The industry that employs the most Agriculture majors is Farming, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing.
The average salary for Agriculture majors is $85,509 and the most common occupations are Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Other managers, and Veterinarians.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Agriculture majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Agriculture majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Agriculture majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Agriculture majors, by number of employees, are Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Other managers, and Veterinarians.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Agriculture majors working as Agricultural & food scientists, Veterinarians, and Conservation scientists & foresters.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Agriculture majors are Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Surgeons, and Physicians.
The number of Agriculture graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.02%, from 551,328 in 2021 to 562,484 in 2022.
The largest single share of Agriculture graduates go on to work as Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers (5.05%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Agriculture by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Agriculture majors, by number of employees, are Farming, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Agriculture majors, by average wage, are Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing, Sporting & athletic goods, & doll, toy & game manufacturing , and Aerospace products & parts manufacturing.
The number of Agriculture graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.02%, from 551,328 in 2021 to 562,484 in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Agriculture graduates by share is Farming, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Agriculture.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Agriculture majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Agriculture majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Agriculture in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Agriculture is 44.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years. Male employees are more likely to hold Agriculture degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Agriculture (1,290 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Agriculture. The most common ages of employees with this major are 26 and 24 years old, which represent 2.83% and 2.73% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Applied Horticulture Operations are Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, Associates Degree, and 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Agriculture are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Applied Horticulture Operations.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Applied Horticulture Operations for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in General Applied Horticulture Operations.
N/A students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Zimbabwe that hold Agriculture degrees (5.32 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is China (7,210 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Applied Horticulture Operations field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Applied Horticulture Operations majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Applied Horticulture Operations majors need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Management of Financial Resources, and Management of Material Resources.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Applied Horticulture Operations majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operation and Control is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.