2024 Best Botany Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
125Botany Degrees Awarded
Botany isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #612 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of botany. Combined, these schools handed out 125 degrees in botany to qualified students.
Your choice of botany school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Botany School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Botany Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the botany degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great option for students pursuing a degree in botany. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 botany students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in botany. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were approximately 26 botany students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
Michigan State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in botany. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were about 18 botany students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
Miami University - Oxford is a great option for students pursuing a degree in botany. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public university located in the town of Oxford. This university ranks 3rd out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 11 botany students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 botany students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
OHIO Athens is a very large public university located in the distant town of Athens. This university ranks 9th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 27 botany students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 10 botany students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
Kent State is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kent. This university ranks 14th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 3 botany students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).