Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services programs in Illinois
35 schools in Illinois 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 Illinois
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Illinois earn a median of $47,990 a year across 36,940 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 Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | $43,790 | 34,780 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers | $53,340 | 3,460 |
| Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation | $48,280 | 1,040 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers | $59,030 | 510 |
| Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | $105,440 | 340 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College Chicago | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College Chicago | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| College of DuPage Glen Ellyn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| College of DuPage Glen Ellyn | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| College of Lake County Grayslake | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 16 |
| College of Lake County Grayslake | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
| Danville Area Community College Danville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Danville Area Community College Danville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Highland Community College Freeport | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Illinois Central College East Peoria | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Illinois Central College East Peoria | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Joliet Junior College Joliet | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Joliet Junior College Joliet | Associate's degree | — | not published | 15 |
| Kankakee Community College Kankakee | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Kankakee Community College Kankakee | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Kaskaskia College Centralia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Kaskaskia College Centralia | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Kishwaukee College Malta | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 14 |
| Kishwaukee College Malta | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Lake Land College Mattoon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 209 |
| Lake Land College Mattoon | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Lincoln Land Community College Springfield | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Lincoln Land Community College Springfield | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| McHenry County College Crystal Lake | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| McHenry County College Crystal Lake | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Parkland College Champaign | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Parkland College Champaign | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Richland Community College Decatur | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Richland Community College Decatur | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Southwestern Illinois College Belleville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 23 |
| Southwestern Illinois College Belleville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| Triton College River Grove | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Triton College River Grove | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
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.
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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.