Horticulture isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #218 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for horticulture students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 67 degrees in horticulture annually.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Horticulture Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the horticulture degrees they offer, see the list below.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in horticulture. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Those horticulture students who get their degree from Colorado State University - Fort Collins receive $13,779 more than the standard horticulture graduate.
Front Range Community College is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in horticulture. Located in the large suburb of Westminster, FRCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Students who receive their degree from the horticulture program earn about $28,703 in their early career salary.
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).
