2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Plant Science, General is the 514th most popular major in the country with 668 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 77 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 $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in plant science, general. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their plant science, general program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

#23 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Bozeman is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Plant Science, General at MSU Bozeman

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Utah State University
Logan, Utah

#13 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Plant Science, General at USU

• Most Focused Bachelor’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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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