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2023 Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s

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Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” 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 Great Lakes region, there were 352 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,359 and $17,074 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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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Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UIUC Plant Sciences Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s plant sciences degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Ohio State Plant Sciences Report

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 6 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at Michigan State

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 3 masters’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 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at UW - Madison

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Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Plant Sciences at Purdue

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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s plant sciences students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s plant sciences students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Plant Sciences Report

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