2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Plant Sciences 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. 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.
The Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which 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.
Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Plant Sciences
Our analysis found Cornell University to be the best value school for plant sciences students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cornell are $61,015 a year. On average, plant sciences graduates from Cornell take out $15,713 in student loans while working on their degree.
Cornell not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Plant Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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The excellent programs at University of Delaware helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best plant sciences schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UD are $36,880 per year. On average, plant sciences graduates from UD take out $19,000 in student loans while working on their degree.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UD also is in the top 15% of our Best Plant Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the town of Cobleskill, SUNY Cobleskill is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SUNY Cobleskill are $18,586 a year. While working on their degree, plant sciences majors at SUNY Cobleskill accumulate an average of around $17,891 in student debt.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Rutgers New Brunswick are $33,005 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Rutgers New Brunswick also did well on our Best Plant Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best plant sciences schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMCP are $38,638 per year.
UMCP also claimed a spot on our Best Plant Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #6, Temple University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for plant sciences students. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a very large student population.
Temple undergraduate students pay an average of $30,602 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, plant sciences majors at Temple accumulate an average of around $22,874 in student debt.
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With a ranking of #7, Delaware Valley University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for plant sciences students. Located in the suburb of Doylestown, DelVal is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
DelVal undergraduate students pay an average of $41,380 in tuition and fees each year.
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Morrisville State College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for plant sciences students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the rural area of Morrisville, Morrisville State College is a public school with a small student population.
Morrisville State College undergraduate students pay an average of $18,651 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best plant sciences colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 69 |
| New York | 71 |
| Maryland | 24 |
| New Jersey | 22 |
| Delaware | 19 |
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Majors Related to Plant Sciences
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 8 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).
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