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2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$30,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Plant Sciences is the 162nd most popular major in the country with 3,246 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, plant sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,854 and had an average of $19,711 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 16 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great plant sciences 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 sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Plant Sciences Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland doctor’s degree plant sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP also took the #1 spot in our “Best Plant Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Plant Sciences at UMCP

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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