Business & management

Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services

University of Florida · Gainesville, FL

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$28,659Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$17,895Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$54,121
Same subject · national$37,568
Business & management · national$42,682

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $47,582–$58,609.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of California-San DiegoEconomics, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$47,366
Florida State UniversityAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Business/Commerce, General, Economics, Finance and Financial Management Services, Hospitality Administration/Management, Insurance, Management Information Systems and Services, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Marketing, Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management, Real Estate$47,654
University of California-IrvineBusiness Administration, Management and Operations, Business/Managerial Economics, Economics, Management Information Systems and Services$45,371
University of Michigan-Ann ArborBusiness Administration, Management and Operations, Economics, Human Resources Management and Services$67,101
The University of Texas at AustinAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Business/Commerce, General, Economics, Finance and Financial Management Services, Management Information Systems and Services, Marketing$60,025
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBusiness Administration, Management and Operations, Economics, Human Resources Management and Services$51,794
University of California-Santa BarbaraEconomics, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$56,448
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoAgricultural Business and Management, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Business/Commerce, General, Economics, Natural Resources Management and Policy, Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management$58,136
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusBusiness Administration, Management and Operations, Business/Managerial Economics$57,328
University of Virginia-Main CampusBusiness/Commerce, General, Economics$72,424
University of GeorgiaAccounting and Related Services, Agricultural Business and Management, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Business/Managerial Economics, Economics, Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies, Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services, Finance and Financial Management Services, Insurance, International Business, Management Information Systems and Services, Marketing, Natural Resources Management and Policy, Real Estate, Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations, Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management$48,442
Clemson UniversityAccounting and Related Services, Agricultural Business and Management, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Construction Management, Economics, Finance and Financial Management Services, Marketing, Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management$46,198
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗