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2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$25,978 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,814 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Plant Sciences Master's Degree School for You

Plant Sciences is the #165 most popular major in the country with 3,175 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Plant Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for plant sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for plant sciences majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Plant Sciences

Our analysis found California State University - Fresno to be the best value school for plant sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fresno State are $17,591 per year.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at California State University - Fresno

Out of the 4 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $28,190 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at Washington State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Davis are $28,710 a year.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at University of California - Davis

#4

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

The excellent master’s degree programs at Oregon State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value plant sciences schools in the Far Western US Region . Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Oregon State are $29,420 a year.

Full Plant Sciences at Oregon State University Report

Best Plant Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best plant sciences colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 263
Washington 43
Oregon 60
Nevada 10
Hawaii 6

One of 16 majors within the area of study, plant sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Plant Sciences

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 4 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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