You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in other botany/plant biology. It is ranked #1116 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of other botany/plant biology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 46 degrees in other botany/plant biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Other Botany/Plant Biology School
Your choice of other botany/plant biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Other Botany/Plant Biology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Other Botany/Plant Biology Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Botany/Plant Biology Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Other Botany/Plant Biology in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the other botany/plant biology degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a degree in other botany/plant biology. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 other botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you want to pursue a degree in other botany/plant biology. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis. This university ranks 1st out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 9 other botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in other botany/plant biology has to look into Oregon State University. Located in the city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 21 other botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).