Botany/Plant Biology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Every botany/plant biology 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign stacks up to those at other schools.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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.

UIUC Botany/Plant Biology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Botany
• Doctorate Degree in Botany

UIUC Botany/Plant Biology Rankings

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There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in botany, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Botany Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the botany majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a master's degree in botany from UIUC. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

Of the students who received a botany master's degree from UIUC, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the botany master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in botany.

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

Related Majors

• Biotechnology
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Physiology & Pathology Sciences
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• Zoology

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Biological Science Professors	2,530	$78,400
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Biological Scientists	590	$84,180

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.