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Botany is the 612th most popular major in the country with 445 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 73 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major” ranking analyzed 36 colleges that offered a degree in botany. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in botany.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree botany students.
Out of the 36 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Mississippi State is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 11 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this fairly large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s botany students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major. UW is a public institution located in Laramie, Wyoming. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major list. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 36 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #5 spot on the list. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 6 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 6 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Washington State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking, coming in at #7. Washington State University is located in Pullman, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s botany degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of California - Riverside came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. University of California - Riverside is a large public school situated in Riverside, California. It awarded 3 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
North Carolina State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 4 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Miami University - Oxford came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. Located in Oxford, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s botany students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 2 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s botany students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Botany Report
With a ranking of #14, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a public institution located in Durham, New Hampshire. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Michigan State University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 3 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
University of California - Davis ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major list. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 2 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking, coming in at #17. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Georgia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking, coming in at #18. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
University of Kansas landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. KU is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 1 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #20, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s botany degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Botany at Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
With a ranking of #22, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major list. University of California - Berkeley is a large public school situated in Berkeley, California. It awarded 1 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major list. UW - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 3 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Botany at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Claremont Graduate University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major list. Claremont Graduate University is a small school located in Claremont, California that handed out 1 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Vermont ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
California State University - Chico did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking, coming in at #24. Chico State is a public institution located in Chico, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking, coming in at #24. University of Florida is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 masters’s botany degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Botany at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
University of Maryland - College Park ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 95%.
Read more about Botany at University of Maryland - College Park
University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s botany students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 89%.
Read more about Botany at University of Massachusetts Amherst
With a ranking of #24, Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major list. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 3 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Maine came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 8 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking, coming in at #24. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s botany degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Kent State University at Kent ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major list. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 3 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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