Botany at Purdue University - Main Campus

Every botany school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the botany program at Purdue University - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

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

Purdue Botany Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Botany
• Master’s Degree in Botany

Purdue Botany Rankings

The botany major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Botany. 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in botany, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Botany Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the botany majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Botany Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of botany bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in botany at Purdue are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in botany.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue Botany Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of botany master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in botany each year. Purdue does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a botany master's degree from Purdue, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in botany.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Biological Science Professors	1,410	$98,590
Biological Scientists	630	$69,180

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.