2023 Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Botany/Plant Biology 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.
The Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 53 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value programs for botany students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools
Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in the United States for botany/plant biology students. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.
North Dakota State University undergraduate students pay an average of $14,876 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, North Dakota State University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools list.
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The excellent programs at Weber State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best botany/plant biology schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $16,644 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great value for botany/plant biology students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year.
UT Austin excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools list. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW are $16,957 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.
UW - Madison undergraduate students pay an average of $38,608 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Madison also is in the top 5% of our Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools ranking.
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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for botany/plant biology students. It came in at #6 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.
ASU - Tempe undergraduate students pay an average of $29,438 in tuition and fees each year.
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North Carolina State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools list. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.
NC State undergraduate students pay an average of $29,916 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that botany majors at NC State take out is $22,125.
NC State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools list.
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Cornell University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value botany/plant biology programs. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cornell are $61,015 a year.
Cornell excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 1% of all schools on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools list.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Kansas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for botany/plant biology students. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at KU are $28,034 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, KU also is in the top 20% of our Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools ranking.
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Utah Valley University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $17,092 per year.
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Majors Related to Botany
One of 14 majors within the area of study, botany/plant biology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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.
- 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.