If you like working outdoors, improving the environment, and combining physical and mental challenges; you may want to explore a career in arboriculture. Arborists focus on the selection, planting, pruning, fertilizing and general care of trees. Arborists are also responsible for assessing, managing and implementing the removal of hazardous trees. This major is a good choice for those students who like to push themselves and expand their comfort zone in order to achieve their true potential.

Arboriculture is the cultivation, management and care of individual trees. The Arboriculture program exposes students to the many facets of the Arboriculture industry and focuses on the care and preservation of shade and ornamental trees. Arborists help preserve trees as an available resource and keep them structurally safe for the benefit of the community. Students in this major will be provided the skills and credentials necessary for a successful career in the industry. Students may further their education at the college level or go directly into the Arboriculture industry. Although the Arboriculture curriculum focuses primarily on the residential and commercial tree care industries, the curriculum also prepares students to work with municipalities and in the utility arboriculture field.

• Entomology
• Pathology
• Business
• Equipment Sales & Maintenance
• Consulting
• Plant Production Specialist
• Forestry

The Arboriculture Program focuses on connecting students with industry professionals prior to graduation. These established connections are imperative to our graduates when it is time to enter into the field. Opportunities include:

• Production Arboriculture
• Utility Arboriculture
• Plant Production
• Integrated Pest Management
• Sales
• Equipment Maintenance