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2023 Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$23,306 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Botany/Plant Biology Master'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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for botany students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Botany/Plant Biology

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Our analysis found University of Wyoming to be the best value school for botany/plant biology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW are $17,569 a year.

Full Botany/Plant Biology at University of Wyoming Report

Out of the 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 2 spot on the list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full Botany/Plant Biology at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

Best Botany/Plant Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best botany/plant biology schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 3
Utah 19
Idaho 0
Montana 0
Wyoming 5

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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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