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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Botany in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
31 Degrees Awarded
$29,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 122 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree botany students.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Botany in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 7 doctorate’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Botany Doctor’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 UW - Madison are $25,523.

Read more about Botany at UW - Madison

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s botany students in 2019-2020.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Botany Doctor’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 Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

Read more about Botany at Purdue

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 8 doctorate’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree botany students list, UIUC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Botany Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Botany at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s botany degrees to qualified students.

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

Full OHIO Athens Botany Report

#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s botany students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Botany Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Michigan State Botany Report

#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Miami University - Oxford did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Oxford, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s botany students in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Oxford also made our “Best Botany Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Miami University - Oxford are $31,697, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Botany at Miami University - Oxford

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. SIUC is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 2 doctorate’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #6 spot in our “Best Botany Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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