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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences in the Plains States Region

8 Ranked Colleges
129 Degrees Awarded
$65,045 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 713 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,702 and $19,293 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 129 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree plant sciences students.

Top 8 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences in the Plains States Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 44 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s plant sciences degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Full South Dakota State University Plant Sciences Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. North Dakota State University is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at North Dakota State University

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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Plant Sciences at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s plant sciences degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Kansas State University Plant Sciences Report

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With a ranking of #6, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 10 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 6 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Mizzou Plant Sciences Report

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Plant Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 8 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full UMN Twin Cities Plant Sciences Report

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