2024 Best Plant Molecular Biology Schools

If you're seeking a degree in plant molecular biology, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #1280 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for plant molecular biology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 15 degrees in plant molecular biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Plant Molecular Biology Schools List

Pick Your Plant Molecular Biology Degree Level

The plant molecular biology 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 Plant Molecular Biology Schools. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Plant Molecular Biology in the United States

The schools below may not offer all types of plant molecular biology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Schools in Plant Molecular Biology

1

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Washington State University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in plant molecular biology. Wazzu is a very large public university located in the distant town of Pullman.More information about a degree in plant molecular biology from Washington State University

2

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20.0% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Florida if you want to pursue a degree in plant molecular biology. UF is a fairly large public university located in the city of Gainesville.More information about a degree in plant molecular biology from University of Florida

Plant Molecular Biology by Region

View the Best Plant Molecular Biology Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Plant Molecular Biology Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Botany/Plant Biology area of study, Plant Molecular Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Botany	445
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	175
Other Botany/Plant Biology	46
Plant Physiology	10

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.