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2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,238 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,096 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Plant Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 57 degrees and certificates were awarded to plant sciences students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #131 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Schools in Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Tennessee 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Plant Sciences Colleges.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Plant Sciences

$9,232 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Middle Tennessee State University the best value school in Tennessee for plant sciences students. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public school located in the city of Murfreesboro.

Middle Tennessee State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,232 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University

$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in Tennessee list. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

UT Knoxville undergraduate students pay an average of $13,244 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Plant Sciences majors at UT Knoxville take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

UT Knoxville did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Plant Sciences Schools in Tennessee list.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Best Value Plant Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 65
Virginia 60
North Carolina 104
Florida 143
Kentucky 23
South Carolina 38
Louisiana 18
Arkansas 43
Alabama 106
Mississippi 37
West Virginia 26

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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