Botany at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 44,640.

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

UW - Madison Botany Degrees Available

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

UW - Madison Botany Rankings

The botany major at UW - Madison 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 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in botany, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Botany Student Demographics at UW - Madison

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

UW - Madison Botany Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of botany bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical botany bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - Madison since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in botany at UW - Madison are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UW - Madison Botany Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of botany master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

Of the students who received a botany master's degree from UW - Madison, 76% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Plant Pathology/Phytopathology

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Biological Science Professors	990	$81,620
Natural Sciences Managers	610	$106,110
Biological Scientists	540	$73,520

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 Czar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.