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. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 126 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in plant sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular plant sciences programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Cobleskill. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Cobleskill, New York, this small public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s plant sciences students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a large public school situated in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It awarded 13 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s plant sciences students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Valley University landed the #3 spot on the list. Delaware Valley University is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 11 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Plant Sciences at University of Maryland - College Park
University of Delaware ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Newark, Delaware, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Plant Sciences at University of Delaware
Temple University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. 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.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Morrisville State College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Morrisville State College is a small public school situated in Morrisville, New York. It awarded 6 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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