HORTICULTURE IN TOP UNIVERSITIES

The Top Universities in Horticulture

In view of providing information to the lovers of gardening, The Flower Expert compiles a comprehensive list of all the top departments of Universities offering educational and research services in Horticulture. The followin is the list of top universities offering Horticulture in the US. It will shortly be updated with the list of universities in other parts of the world.

• Auburn University Department of Horticulture - The Auburn University Department of Horticulture has been serving students and life-long learners for over 100 years, making them one of the oldest horticulture programs in the United States.
• Colorado State University Horticulture - Three departmental majors are offered at Colorado State University -- horticulture, landscape architecture, and landscape horticulture.
• Cornell University Department of Horticulture - The Department of Horticulture serves professionals, students and citizens of New York State, the nation, and the world, by generating and extending knowledge about fruits, vegetables and landscape plants, for the purpose of sustaining the environment, enhancing economic vitality, and improving the quality of life of individuals and their communities.
• Department of Horticulture, Iowa State University - The mission of the Iowa State University Department of Horticulture is to create and maintain research, teaching, and extension programs and to promote enthusiasm and excitement, for the science, production, and creative utilization of plants for the betterment of Iowans and all humankind.
• Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin - Madison - The department provides educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in pursuit of careers in horticulture.
• Kansas State University Department of Horticulture - The department offers a broad array of undergraduate and graduate programs of study in horticulture and park management and conservation.
• Louisiana State University Department of Horticulture - The Department of Horticulture at LSU has a long-standing tradition of high-quality undergraduate training in the discipline of horticulture.
• Michigan State University Department of Horticulture - The Department's Mission is to: prepare students for horticulture-related professions and businesses; strengthen the competitive position of Michigan's horticultural industries; improve the quality and the availability of horticultural products; promote the use of plants and food for improving the environment and for personal enrichment; and make new discoveries in the plant sciences.
• New Mexico State University Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences - The Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, formerly Agronomy and Horticulture, was formed in 1986 from the merging of the Crop and Soil Science department with the Horticulture department.
• North Carolina State University Department of Horticultural Science - The mission of the Department of Horticultural Science is to provide innovative teaching, research, and outreach in the art and science of horticulture. These programs encompass the basic biology, ecology, production and utilization of horticultural products including fruits, vegetables, flowers, and landscape plants.
• Ohio State University Horticulture in Virtual Perspective - A knowledge bank and interactive learning center on the care, cultivation, and utilization of plants from a commercial, consumer, and academic perspective.
• Oklahoma State University Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture - The mission of the department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture is four fold:
  1) To provide leadership in the discovery, development, and dissemination of information through research, extension and teaching.
  2) To foster student intellectual curiosity and creativity through a well-balanced educational experience resulting in employable professionals.
  3) To provide service, training and technology transfer to the general public.
  4) To ensure continued growth and development of students, faculty and the professions of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.
• Oregon State University Department of Horticulture - Horticulture at Oregon State University improves environmental, economic, and social sustainability of integrated farm and food systems, and landscape ecosystems.
• South Dakota State Extension Horticulture - The department offers undergraduate majors in horticulture, landscape design and park management.
• Texas Tech University Horticulture Department - The primary mission of the Plant and Soil Science Department is to provide the highest quality educational programs at the undergraduate and graduate level. The Department also plays a major role in applied research needed to support the 4.5 billion dollar agricultural industry of the southern Great Plains.
• Virginia Tech Department of Horticulture - The Mission of the Department of Horticulture is to excel in delivering education, research, and extension/outreach on plant-related topics to students, commercial and consumer clientele, and scientific colleagues throughout the world.
• UC Davis Ornamental Horticulture Research and Information Center - OHRIC provides research, news, and information on the California horticulture industry. We're a University of California Cooperative Extension resource, located at the Department of Environmental Horticulture at UC Davis.
• University of Arizona Department of Plant Sciences - The Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Arizona introduces students to a wide variety of subjects important to understanding and improving plants for human use and enjoyment.
• University of Arkansas Horticulture - The mission of the Department of Horticulture at The University of Arkansas is to conduct applied and basic research to support and enhance the Arkansas horticulture industries and to conduct high quality teaching and student research programs leading to B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees.
• University of Florida, Horticultural Science Department - The Horticultural Sciences Department offers a unique classroom experience combined with many hands-on activities at our teaching farms, laboratories and greenhouses.
• University of Georgia Horticulture Department - The Department of Horticulture offers undergraduate majors in Horticulture and Landscape and Grounds Management.
• University of Illinois Urban Horticulture Programs - University of Illinois Extension is the flagship outreach effort of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, offering educational programs to residents of all of Illinois? 102 counties ? and far beyond.
• University of Kentucky Department of Horticulture - The University of Kentucky Department of Horticulture conducts research, offers graduate and undergraduate programs of study, and delivers research-based technology and information to the nursery and landscape, vegetable, fruit, and floriculture industries, and to the general public through the Cooperative Extension Service.
• University of Maryland Ornamental Horticulture Program - The IAA's horticulture program prepares students to produce, protect, maintain and market ornamental plants. It also develops management skills needed to manage and operate a business.
• University of Nebraska Department of Horticulture Department - There is no better place to study Agronomy and Horticulture than in Nebraska, which sits at the intersection of four major agro-ecological zones that are defined by specific climate and soil associations.
• University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Horticultural Business Information Network - Hosts a unique educational program that not only covers the intricate aspects of marketing, but incorporates principles of finance, personnel management, cost accounting, and managerial economics as well.
• Washington State University Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture - The department offers graduate programs in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.