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Most Popular Plant Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Plant Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Plant Sciences Doctor'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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Most Popular Plant Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Plant Sciences program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Plant Sciences Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Connecticut the most popular school in the New England Region for plant sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

Women make up 67% of the plant sciences majors at the school.

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#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

Out of the 4 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the # 2 spot on the list. UVM is a large public school located in the city of Burlington.

About 50% of the students majoring in plant sciences at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#3

University of Maine

Orono, ME

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Maine helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular plant sciences schools in the New England Region . Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular plant sciences schools in the New England Region . UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

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Best Plant Sciences Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 22
Connecticut 17
Maine 3
Vermont 18

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 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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