 Faculty,
Staff and Students, Numbers and Photographs
Department of Horticultural Science
by Megan Weddington and Maria Onofrietti
The Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University is considered
one of the top five programs in the United States. Over the past 10
years (1992-2002), the department has averaged 282 undergraduate students
and 43 graduate students. The average student:faculty ratio is 6:1 and
supporting staff, including technicians and secretaries, averages 61
employees. The department offers four degree programs: Associate, Bachelor,
Master, and Doctorate.
The first faculty in 1888 consisted of four professorships:
- agriculture, livestock, and dairying
- horticulture, arboriculture, and botany
- pure agriculture and agricultural chemistry
- practical mechanics and pure and applied mathematics
- english and bookkeeping
Wilber Fisk Massey was chosen to fill the chair of horticulture, arboriculture
and botany. In 1889, Massey was also elected to serve as horticulturist
of the experiment station.
Department of Horticultural Science budget:
- 1938-39
- $16,088
- $11,888 salaries
- $ 4,200 operations (equipment, supplies)
- 2002-03
- $4,219,225
- $3,861,229 salaries
- $ 357,996 operations
The first students to attend North Carolina State University were photographed
around 1890 with the faculty and administration in the photo on the
left. The graduate students in Horticultural Science for 2002 are shown
in front of Kilgore Hall in the photo on the right (click on each image
to see a larger version).
Numbers of faculty, staff and students have changed over time since
the establishment of the Department of Horticultural Science at North
Carolina State University. Below are the graphs for 1992 through 2002.
They illustrate the number of students enrolled in the three Bachelor’s
degree curriculums, General Horticulture, Landscape Horticulture, and
Science Horticulture, and the Associate’s degree program, Ornamentals
and Landscape Technology. (click on each image to see a larger version).
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