Is a Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services degree worth it?
Across 10 schools, graduates of Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services earn a median $55,006 five years out on $21,574 of debt — most often working as First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$55,006
Median debt
$21,574
Years to pay off
3.8
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
28%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
-0.8%
BLS 2024–2034
Net price
$17,552/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$10,970
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.