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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

3 Ranked Colleges
6 Degrees Awarded
$31,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Botany Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 730 people earned their degree in botany/plant biology, making the major the 257th most popular in the United States. 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 New England region, there were 25 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in botany/plant biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality botany/plant biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the botany/plant biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

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

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Botany/Plant Biology Report

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 2 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Vermont are $33,326.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at UVM

#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 2 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at UMaine

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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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