Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services programs in Florida

15 schools in Florida 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 Florida

Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Florida earn a median of $37,100 a year across 86,040 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 Florida
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$48,410	80,470
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$51,290	12,020
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$45,210	4,530
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$58,780	940
Farm and Home Management Educators	$49,090	710

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

School	Credential	Median debt	Graduate earnings, 2 yrs	Graduates
College of Central Florida Ocala	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	5
Eastern Florida State College Melbourne	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	2
Eastern Florida State College Melbourne	Associate's degree	—	not published	3
First Coast Technical College Saint Augustine	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	5
Florida Gateway College Lake City	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	16
Indian River State College Fort Pierce	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	16
Indian River State College Fort Pierce	Associate's degree	—	not published	7
Miami Dade College Miami	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	8
Miami Dade College Miami	Associate's degree	—	not published	6
Palm Beach State College Lake Worth	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	0
Palm Beach State College Lake Worth	Associate's degree	—	not published	5
South Florida State College Avon Park	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	0
South Florida State College Avon Park	Associate's degree	—	not published	0
Valencia College Orlando	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	100
Valencia College Orlando	Associate's degree	—	not published	19

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.