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2023 Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$30,184 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 33 degrees and certificates were awarded to botany/plant biology students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #224 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Value Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for botany students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for botany majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Botany/Plant Biology

Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Carbondale to be the best value school for botany/plant biology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SIUC are $16,162 a year.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.

UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Full Botany/Plant Biology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The excellent master’s degree programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value botany/plant biology schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Full Botany/Plant Biology at Northwestern University Report

Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 31
Ohio 62
Indiana 26
Wisconsin 27

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 3 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.

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