2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 138 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in plant science, general. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in plant science, general.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Plains States Region

1

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#20 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Plant Science, General at University of Missouri - Columbia

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s plant sciences degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UMN Twin Cities Plant Science, General Report

• Most Focused 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

• *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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