2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 715 people earned their degree in plant science, general, making the major the 490th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 64 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in plant science, general. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality plant science, general programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the plant science, general program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#1 in overall quality

$14,669 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #1 spot on the list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students list, UC Davis has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Plant Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UC Davis is $14,669 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Plant Sciences students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Plant Science, General at University of California - Davis

#2

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California

#2 in overall quality

$18,186 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large school located in Santa Cruz, California that handed out 13 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Santa Cruz also took the #2 spot in our “Best Plant Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UC Santa Cruz is $18,186 for far western us region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UC Santa Cruz Plant Science, General Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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