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Best In The West for the 16th Year in a Row
Cal Poly ranked 10th in the magazine's overall list of the West's best universities, including both public and private institutions, that provide "a full range of undergraduate and master's-level programs but few, if any, doctoral programs."
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The Horticulture and Crop Science Department at Cal Poly offers students an opportunity not just to learn, but learn by doing. Our students benefit from a broad spectrum of opportunities ranging from hands-on experiences in our fields, groves, nurseries, and greenhouses to real-world experiences through internships and other collaborations with our industry partners. The Department also excels in providing a foundational plant science background and instilling a passion for plants as it produces the next generation of leaders in the agricultural and environmental plant sciences.
The Horticulture and Crop Science Department offers majors in Crop Science, Fruit Science and Environmental Horticultural Science. Enterprise projects allow students to grow, harvest, and market a product, and receive a portion of the profit along with academic credit. Our video highlights these and other learning and leadership opportunities in the Department.