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2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
58 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 382 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,783 and $18,069 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in plant sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality plant sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the plant sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree plant sciences students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s plant sciences degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Plant Sciences Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s plant sciences students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Plant Sciences at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s plant sciences students in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at Purdue

#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 2 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree plant sciences students with aid list, Michigan State has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

Read more about Plant Sciences at Michigan State University

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 17 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree plant sciences students with aid list, Ohio State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at Ohio State

#5 in overall quality

Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Plant Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Plant Sciences Report

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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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