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2023 Most Popular Plant Sciences Schools in the New England Region

5 Colleges
$33,393 Avg Salary
$24,000 Avg Student Debt

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.

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 Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the New England Region to see which 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.

Check out the plant sciences programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the most popular school in the New England Region for plant sciences students. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

Plant Sciences majors at UMass Amherst take out an average of $24,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Plant Sciences at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Vermont is a great place for plant sciences students. UVM is a large public school located in the city of Burlington.

Full Plant Sciences at University of Vermont Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Naugatuck Valley Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Plant Sciences Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury, Naugatuck Valley Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Full Plant Sciences at Naugatuck Valley Community College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Plant Sciences Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

Full Plant Sciences at University of Connecticut Report

#5

University of Maine

Orono, ME

The excellent programs at University of Maine helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best plant sciences schools in the New England Region . Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a large student population.

Full Plant Sciences at University of Maine Report

Best Plant Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best plant sciences colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

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 5 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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