2025 Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools
4Colleges in the United States
40Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Degrees Awarded
Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1082 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for agricultural & horticultural plant breeding students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 40 degrees in agricultural & horticultural plant breeding to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding School
Your choice of agricultural & horticultural plant breeding school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding 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 Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Schools 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 Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degree levels they offer.
Top Schools in Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
Cornell University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in agricultural & horticultural plant breeding. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were about 7 agricultural & horticultural plant breeding students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Iowa State University if you wish to pursue a degree in agricultural & horticultural plant breeding. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 6 agricultural & horticultural plant breeding students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in agricultural & horticultural plant breeding has to look into Texas A&M University - College Station. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 agricultural & horticultural plant breeding students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in agricultural & horticultural plant breeding needs to look into University of Georgia. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 10 agricultural & horticultural plant breeding students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
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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Your choice of agricultural & horticultural plant breeding school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
