2024 Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Southeast Region
7Colleges in the Southeast Region
170Botany Degrees Awarded
$29,699Avg Early-Career Salary
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in botany/plant biology. It is ranked #259 out of 395 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.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 170 degrees in botany/plant biology to qualified students.
Your choice of botany/plant biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Botany/Plant Biology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Botany/Plant Biology in the Southeast Region
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 hard to beat North Carolina State University if you want to pursue a degree in botany/plant biology. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Raleigh. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were about 65 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the botany program make about $29,699 for their early career.
University of Florida is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in botany/plant biology. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 36 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Georgia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in botany/plant biology. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 25 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
Mississippi State University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in botany/plant biology. Located in the remote town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 17 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi State in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were approximately 10 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 34 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 5 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent data year.
UK is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lexington. This university ranks 1st out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 6 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were approximately 3 botany/plant biology students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University 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).
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Your choice of botany/plant biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Botany/Plant Biology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
