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2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
18 Degrees Awarded
$29,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Botany Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Botany is the 607th most popular major in the country with 476 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 122 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in botany. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent botany programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the botany program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Botany (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Botany Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UW - Madison Botany Report

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Botany Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Botany at Michigan State

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 1 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Botany Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083.

Read more about Botany at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#4

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s botany degrees to qualified students.

Purdue also took the #3 spot in our “Best Botany Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Botany at Purdue University - Main Campus

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. SIUC is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 2 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Botany Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Botany at SIUC

#4 in overall quality

Miami University - Oxford ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Oxford, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s botany students in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Oxford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Botany Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Miami University - Oxford are $31,697, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Miami University - Oxford Botany Report

#7 in overall quality

Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s botany students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Botany Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712.

Read more about Botany at Ohio University - Athens Campus

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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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