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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Botany (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

2 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$12,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 476 people earned their degree in botany, making the major the 607th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 27 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in botany. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great botany programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the botany program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Botany (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. OSU is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 8 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $8,669 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Botany students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Botany at OSU

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s botany degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $16,675 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Botany students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 87%.

Full University of Oklahoma Botany 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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