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2022 Best Value Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
55 Degrees Awarded
$15,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Botany Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Botany Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Southwest region, there were 55 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Botany Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Botany Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Botany Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Botany Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified ’s botany students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,023 for southwest region botany students with aid per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UT Austin Botany/Plant Biology Report

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s botany degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,648 for Southwest Region Botany students with aid per year to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 4 ’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region botany students with aid per year to attend Arizona State University - Tempe.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at ASU - Tempe

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 7 ’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #7 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for Southwest Region Botany students with aid.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at NMSU Main Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 13 ’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for southwest region botany students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Botany/Plant Biology Report

#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

University of Arizona landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Botany Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,016 for southwest region botany students with aid per year to attend University of Arizona.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Arizona Botany/Plant Biology Report

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Botany Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 7 ’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for Southwest Region Botany students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Oklahoma 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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