2023 Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s

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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 Georgia, there were 67 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,196 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,491 and $29,433 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in plant sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in plant sciences.

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Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia bachelor’s degree plant sciences students.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences in Georgia

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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

#3 overall quality in Georgia

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 16 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 94%.

Full UGA Plant Sciences Report

2

Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Valley State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Fort Valley, Georgia, this small public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s plant sciences students in 2020-2021.

Full Fort Valley State University Plant Sciences Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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