by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 332 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,469 and $20,719 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 221 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in plant sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in plant sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 67 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Panhandle State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Goodwell, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s plant sciences students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Plant Sciences at Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region. SHSU is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 42 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s plant sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Plant Sciences at Texas A&M College Station
Stephen F Austin State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Stephen F Austin State University is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 7 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Arizona came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 10 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Tarleton State University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Stephenville, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s plant sciences students in 2020-2021.
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