Out of the 1 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Botany Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Connecticut College landed the #1 spot on the list. Conn College is a small school located in New London, Connecticut that handed out 8 ’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. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.