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2023 Most Popular Plant Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges
$57,814 Avg Salary

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

With 78 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, plant sciences is the #172 most popular major in Illinois.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Most Popular Plant Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which master'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 Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in Illinois for plant sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 44% of the plant sciences majors at the school.

Full Plant Sciences at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

Out of the 2 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the # 2 spot on the list. SIUC is a large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

Of the 3 students majoring in plant sciences at SIUC, 67% are male and 33% are female.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Best Plant Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Plant Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 39
Ohio 72
Indiana 28
Wisconsin 101

Plant Sciences is one of 16 different types of programs to choose from.

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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