2024 Best Plant Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in plant sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #131 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Plant Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 82 bachelor's degrees in plant sciences to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to plant sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other plant sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt plant sciences students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized plant sciences related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for plant sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Plant Sciences Schools

The plant sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Plant Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Plant Sciences in Nebraska

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for plant sciences students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Nebraska Schools for a Bachelor's in Plant Sciences

1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

52 Annual Graduates

$45,313 Median Starting Salary

$21,875 Median Student Debt

University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a good option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in plant sciences. UNL is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lincoln.

Bachelor's recipients from the plant sciences degree program at University of Nebraska - Lincoln earn $7,034 above the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in plant sciences from University of Nebraska - Lincoln

2

Chadron State College
Chadron, NE

30 Annual Graduates

$31,245 Median Starting Salary

$15,989 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in plant sciences needs to look into Chadron State College. Chadron State College is a small public college located in the town of Chadron.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the plant sciences program state that they receive average early career income of $31,245.

More information about a bachelor’s in plant sciences from Chadron State College

Best Plant Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Plant Sciences Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	118
Minnesota	215	43
Iowa	197	117
Kansas	184	61
North Dakota	149	7
South Dakota	148	44

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Rankings in Majors Related to Plant Sciences

One of 18 majors within the Agriculture & Agriculture Operations area of study, Plant Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Plant Sciences Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Range Science & Management	34
Agronomy & Crop Science	27
Horticultural Science	21

Majors Similar to Plant Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Agricultural Economics & Business	124
Animal Science	95
Food Science Technology	77
Other Agriculture	48
Agricultural Mechanization	24
Horticulture	22
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs	21
General Agriculture	17
Agricultural Public Services	13
Soil Sciences	11

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lufa Farms. More about our data sources and methodologies.