2023 Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Master’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 the New England region, there were 67 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,393 and $24,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in plant sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful plant sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Master’s

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

Top 4 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences in the New England Region

1

University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 5 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Plant Sciences at UVM

2

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

Top 15% overall quality in New England

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s plant sciences degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read full report on Plant Sciences at UCONN

3

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 2 masters’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maine Plant Sciences Report

3

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

Top 25% overall quality in New England

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Plant Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, 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 89%.

Read more about Plant Sciences at UMass Amherst

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Plant Sciences

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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