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2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$21,612 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,755 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Plant Sciences School for You

Plant Sciences is the #66 most popular major in Iowa with 175 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa 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.

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 Iowa

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

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Plant Sciences

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

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

Iowa State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that plant sciences majors at Iowa State take out is $19,690. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $238, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Iowa State also took the #4 spot in our Best Plant Sciences Schools in Iowa rankings.

Full Plant Sciences at Iowa State University Report

#2

Dordt University

Sioux Center, IA
$33,590 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Dordt University is a great value for plant sciences students. Located in the remote town of Sioux Center, Dordt is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dordt are $33,590 per year.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at Dordt University

Best Value Plant Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 142
Minnesota 62
Kansas 93
Nebraska 131
North Dakota 22
South Dakota 79

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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