2024 Best Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Master's Degree in botany/plant biology. It is ranked #217 out of 343 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for botany/plant biology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 18 master's degrees in botany/plant biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on botany/plant biology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other botany/plant biology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt botany/plant biology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized botany/plant biology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for botany/plant biology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Botany/Plant Biology Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Botany/Plant Biology in Illinois

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for botany/plant biology students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in Botany

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

11 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in botany/plant biology has to take a look at Northwestern University. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in botany/plant biology from Northwestern University

2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

4 Annual Graduates

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in botany/plant biology. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign.More information about a master’s in botany/plant biology from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

3 Annual Graduates

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in botany/plant biology. SIUC is a large public university located in the small city of Carbondale.More information about a master’s in botany/plant biology from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Best Botany/Plant Biology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Botany/Plant Biology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	211	8
Ohio	207	12
Indiana	191	6
Wisconsin	173	3

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Botany/Plant Biology Related Rankings by Major

One of 14 majors within the Biological & Biomedical Sciences area of study, Botany/Plant Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Botany Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Botany/Plant Biology	11
Botany	7

Majors Similar to Botany

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	401
Biotechnology	93
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	81
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	81
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	72
Genetics	16
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	15
Zoology	15
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	13
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	12

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.