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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region

3 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$36,500 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 239 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,574 and $20,333 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in plant sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in plant sciences.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 12 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. 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%.

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University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UD is a large school located in Newark, Delaware that handed out 5 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 7 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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