2024 Best Botany Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in botany, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #167 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of botany. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2 doctor's degrees in botany during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on botany students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other botany students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized botany related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for botany students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Botany Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Botany in the New England Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for botany students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Botany

1

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in botany has to look into University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMass Amherst is a very large public university located in the suburb of Amherst.More information about a doctorate in botany from University of Massachusetts Amherst

2

University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

It is difficult to beat University of Vermont if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in botany. Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in botany from University of Vermont

Best Botany Colleges by State

Explore the best botany schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	284	2
Vermont	33	0

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Botany Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Botany/Plant Biology area of study, Botany has other similar majors worth exploring.

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.