Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services programs in California
80 schools in California teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.
What this work pays in California
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in California earn a median of $54,870 a year across 109,180 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in California |
|---|---|---|
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | $45,560 | 106,180 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers | $63,270 | 14,850 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers | $56,280 | 10,450 |
| Forest and Conservation Workers | $43,680 | 2,270 |
| Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation | $45,070 | 2,260 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American River College Sacramento | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| American River College Sacramento | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Bakersfield College Bakersfield | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Bakersfield College Bakersfield | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Butte College Oroville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Butte College Oroville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Cabrillo College Aptos | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| Cabrillo College Aptos | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| City College of San Francisco San Francisco | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| City College of San Francisco San Francisco | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| College of Marin Kentfield | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| College of Marin Kentfield | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| College of the Desert Palm Desert | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 17 |
| College of the Desert Palm Desert | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| College of the Redwoods Eureka | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| College of the Sequoias Visalia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| College of the Sequoias Visalia | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Cosumnes River College Sacramento | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Cosumnes River College Sacramento | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Cuyamaca College El Cajon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Cuyamaca College El Cajon | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| El Camino Community College District Torrance | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| El Camino Community College District Torrance | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Foothill College Los Altos Hills | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Foothill College Los Altos Hills | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Fullerton College Fullerton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Fullerton College Fullerton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Golden West College Huntington Beach | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Golden West College Huntington Beach | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Irvine Valley College Irvine | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Las Positas College Livermore | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Las Positas College Livermore | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Long Beach City College Long Beach | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Long Beach City College Long Beach | Associate's degree | — | not published | 13 |
| Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Madera Community College Madera | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Madera Community College Madera | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Mendocino College Ukiah | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Mendocino College Ukiah | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Merced College Merced | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Merced College Merced | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Merritt College Oakland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 20 |
| Merritt College Oakland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| MiraCosta College Oceanside | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| MiraCosta College Oceanside | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Mission College Santa Clara | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Modesto Junior College Modesto | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Modesto Junior College Modesto | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Monterey Peninsula College Monterey | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Monterey Peninsula College Monterey | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Mt San Antonio College Walnut | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 53 |
| Mt San Antonio College Walnut | Associate's degree | — | not published | 16 |
| Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Orange Coast College Costa Mesa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 14 |
| Orange Coast College Costa Mesa | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Reedley College Reedley | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Reedley College Reedley | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Saddleback College Mission Viejo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 62 |
| Saddleback College Mission Viejo | Associate's degree | — | not published | 13 |
| San Joaquin Delta College Stockton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| San Joaquin Delta College Stockton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Shasta College Redding | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Shasta College Redding | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Solano Community College Fairfield | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Solano Community College Fairfield | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Southwestern College Chula Vista | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Southwestern College Chula Vista | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Victor Valley College Victorville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Victor Valley College Victorville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Woodland Community College Woodland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Woodland Community College Woodland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.