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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PhD in Plant Sciences

10 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

The main focus area for this major is Agronomy & Crop Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Plant Sciences is a major offered under the agriculture and agriculture operations program of study at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in plant sciences, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Plant Sciences from UIUC Cost?

$17,912 Average Tuition and Fees

UIUC Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UIUC paid an average of $680 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $525 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$15,016$27,187
Fees$2,896$2,896

Does UIUC Offer an Online PhD in Plant Sciences?

Online degrees for the UIUC plant sciences doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UIUC Online Learning page.

UIUC Doctorate Student Diversity for Plant Sciences

10 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
40.0% Women
There were 10 doctor’s degrees in plant sciences awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 40.0% of the students who received their PhD in plant sciences in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 41.0%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

None of the plant sciences doctor’s degree recipients at UIUC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian0
Black or African American0
Hispanic or Latino0
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White5
International Students4
Other Races/Ethnicities1

PhD in Plant Sciences Focus Areas at UIUC

Plant Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Agronomy & Crop Science10

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Related MajorAnnual Graduates
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References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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