2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New England region, there were 82 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,690 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in plant sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent plant sciences programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 2 doctorate’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Plant Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$33,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Vermont is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.

UVM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Plant Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UVM are $33,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at UVM

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences

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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