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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 668 people earned their degree in plant science, general, making the major the 514th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 77 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in plant science, general. That schools that top this list have a program in plant science, general in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming

#16 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UW is a fairly large school located in Laramie, Wyoming that handed out 7 masters’s plant sciences 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%.

Full UW Plant Science, General Report

2

Utah State University
Logan, Utah

#13 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s plant sciences students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full USU Plant Science, General Report

3

University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

#21 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Idaho is a public institution located in Moscow, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Plant Science, General at U of I

4

Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

#23 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #4 spot on the list. MSU Bozeman is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.

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 full report on Plant Science, General at MSU Bozeman

• 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.

Credits

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