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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

3 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$9,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Botany/Plant Biology is the 257th most popular major in the country with 730 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, botany/plant biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $18,133 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 33 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in botany/plant biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great botany/plant biology 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/plant biology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UW is a fairly large school located in Laramie, Wyoming that handed out 4 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

UW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Wyoming is $9,200 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree botany students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Wyoming Botany/Plant Biology Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Ogden, Utah, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $10,980 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Botany students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Weber State University.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at Weber State University

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Orem, Utah, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2019-2020.

UVU also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Utah Valley University is $8,047 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Botany students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full UVU Botany/Plant Biology Report

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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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