2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Plant Science, General is the 490th most popular major in the country with 715 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 169 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in plant science, general. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great plant science, general programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The plant sciences 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 “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree plant sciences students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Southeast Region

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s plant sciences students in 2019-2020.

Clemson also made our “Best Plant Science, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Plant Science, General at Clemson

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s plant sciences degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WVU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Plant Science, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full WVU Plant Science, General Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General

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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