2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 122 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree plant sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Middle Atlantic Region

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University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, Maryland

#11 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 7 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Plant Science, General Report

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

#5 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cornell University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 12 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.

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• Most Focused Master’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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