by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in New York” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Plant Sciences is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,175 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, plant sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,727 and had an average of $19,352 in loans still to pay off.
Across New York, there were 71 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,927 and $16,802 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in New York” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in plant sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in plant sciences.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in New York” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in New York”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cobleskill landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Cobleskill is located in Cobleskill, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morrisville State College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in New York. Morrisville, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in New York list. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 12 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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