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Plant Sciences at University of California - Santa Cruz

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Plant Sciences at University of California - Santa Cruz

If you plan to study plant sciences, take a look at what University of California - Santa Cruz has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and approximately 19,161 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in plant sciences from UC Santa Cruz.

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

UC Santa Cruz Plant Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Plant Sciences

UC Santa Cruz Plant Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the plant sciences progam at UC Santa Cruz compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The plant sciences major at UC Santa Cruz is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Plant Sciences. 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 Value Plant Sciences Schools 76

How Much Do Plant Sciences Graduates from UC Santa Cruz Make?

The median salary of plant sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Santa Cruz is $29,179. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,374 for all plant sciences students.

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Plant Sciences Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the plant sciences majors at University of California - Santa Cruz.

UC Santa Cruz Plant Sciences Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 plant sciences majors earned their bachelor's degree from UC Santa Cruz. Of these graduates, 22% were men and 78% were women. The typical plant sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Santa Cruz since its program graduates 34% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities in its plant sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in plant sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

UC Santa Cruz also has a doctoral program available in plant sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Plant Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in plant sciences 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 University of California - Santa Cruz.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors 6,790 $47,360
Soil and Plant Scientists 2,270 $80,710
Conservation Scientists 1,990 $75,980
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers 1,460 $91,670
Agricultural Sciences Professors 380 $97,290

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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