Botany/Plant Biology at Humboldt State University

If you are interested in studying botany/plant biology, you may want to check out the program at Humboldt State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Humboldt State University is located in Arcata, California and approximately 6,612 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in botany from Humboldt State University.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Botany/Plant Biology section at the bottom of this page.

Humboldt State University Botany/Plant Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Botany

Humboldt State University Botany/Plant Biology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks botany programs across the country. The following shows how Humboldt State University performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The botany major at Humboldt State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Botany/Plant Biology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
	53

Earnings of Humboldt State University Botany Graduates

The median salary of botany students who receive their bachelor's degree at Humboldt State University is $25,191. This is less than $26,293, which is the national average of all botany majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Botany Student Demographics at Humboldt State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the botany majors at Humboldt State University.

Humboldt State University Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a bachelor's degree in botany from Humboldt State University. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its botany bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Humboldt State University with a bachelor's in botany.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Humboldt State University also has a doctoral program available in botany. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Zoology
• General Biology

Careers That Botany Grads May Go Into

A degree in botany can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Humboldt State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Biological Science Professors	4,360	$128,370

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Adbar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.