{"id":1264,"date":"2017-03-29T13:17:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T17:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science-new\/?page_id=1264"},"modified":"2023-07-25T10:47:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T14:47:17","slug":"careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/students\/careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

Planting Your Future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whether you are interested in running a nursery, designing landscapes, producing vegetable and fruit crops or breeding plants with biotechnology, your career forecast is bright. You can count on NC State to help you build connections with alumni and businesses, working together with you to launch your career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A World Full of Plant Opportunities<\/h2>

Horticultural Science alumnus Locke Rosser spent a year learning about plants internationally thanks to friendships he made at NC State.<\/p>\n

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Students can take the plant power quiz to learn green careers based on their interests<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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A Sustainable Choice<\/h3>\n \n\n \t \t

Career placement for our graduates is flourishing.\u00a0In fact, we employ almost 100 percent of our graduates.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Traditional Horticultural Science: Working with Plants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Love biology, biotechnology, and other applied sciences? Always enjoyed helping plants grow? Most of our graduates build rewarding careers in one of the following traditional horticulture positions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n