2025 Best Horticulture Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you plan on getting your associate degree in horticulture, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #87 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for horticulture students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33 associate degrees in horticulture during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to horticulture students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other horticulture students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt horticulture students go into to obtain their associate 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 colleges for horticulture students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Horticulture in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in horticulture.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for an Associate in Horticulture

1

Front Range Community College
Westminster, CO

10 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in horticulture needs to look into Front Range Community College. Located in the large suburb of Westminster, FRCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in horticulture from Front Range Community College

2

College of Western Idaho
Nampa, ID

10 Annual Graduates

College of Western Idaho is a good decision for individuals interested in an associate degree in horticulture. CWI is a fairly large public college located in the rural area of Nampa.More information about a associate in horticulture from College of Western Idaho

Best Horticulture Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	147	5
Idaho	143	14
Colorado	102	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Horticulture

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

Horticulture Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	21
Ornamental Horticulture	8
Floriculture/Floristry Operations & Management	3
L&scaping & Groundskeeping	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Horticulture

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	203
Agricultural Economics & Business	123
General Agriculture	86
Animal Science	78
Animal Services	57
Agricultural Production	41
Plant Sciences	27
Agricultural Mechanization	9
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs	9
Food Science Technology	5

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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