by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,175 people earned their degree in plant sciences, making the major the 164th most popular in the United States. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 103 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,898 and $24,531 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in plant sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their plant sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in Pennsylvania” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree plant sciences students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. Doylestown, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in Pennsylvania. Temple University is a public institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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