When it comes to popularity, botany sits in the middle of the road, ranking #612 out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for botany students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 19 degrees in botany to qualified students.
Your choice of botany school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for botany schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The botany school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Botany Schools in the Southwest Region.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of botany degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's difficult to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you wish to pursue a degree in botany. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were about 5 botany students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in botany needs to look into Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. OSU is a very large public university located in the town of Stillwater. This university ranks 2nd out of 32 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were roughly 5 botany students who graduated with this degree at OSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in botany has to look into University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 32 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were roughly 6 botany students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of botany school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for botany schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
