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2023 Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools

30 Colleges
$27,599 Avg Salary
$22,454 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor's Degree School for You

Botany/Plant Biology is the #264 most popular major in the country with 691 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 30 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best school for botany/plant biology students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the United States. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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Out of the 30 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, botany majors at NC State accumulate an average of around $21,238 in student debt.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best botany/plant biology schools in the United States. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of California - Davis helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best botany/plant biology schools in the United States. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

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#6

Connecticut College

New London, CT

With a ranking of #6, Connecticut College did quite well on this year’s best schools for botany/plant biology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of New London, Conn College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln ranked #8 on this year’s Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well on this year’s best schools for botany/plant biology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for botany/plant biology students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Botany/Plant Biology by Region

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Rocky Mountains
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Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 14 majors within the area of study, botany/plant biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 107,165
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 14,535
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 11,615
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 8,813
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 7,247

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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