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2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$16,437 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,146 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Plant Sciences School for You

With 78 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, plant sciences is the #172 most popular major in Illinois.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for plant sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in Illinois

Check out the plant sciences programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Plant Sciences

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for plant sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year. After completing their degree, plant sciences graduates from UIUC carry an average student debtload of $15,500.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UIUC is ranked #3 for overall quality for plant sciences in Illinois.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best plant sciences schools in Illinois. SIUC is a large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Best Value Plant Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 39
Ohio 72
Indiana 28
Wisconsin 101

Plant Sciences is one of 16 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 8,646
Animal Science 8,294
Agricultural Economics & Business 8,098
General Agriculture 3,370
Horticulture 3,234

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Lufa Farms.

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