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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in the Great Lakes Region

9 Ranked Colleges
42 Degrees Awarded
$33,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 149 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $16,019 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 9 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the botany/plant biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree botany students.

Top 9 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s botany students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at UW - Madison

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s botany degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 8 doctorate’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#9 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. OHIO Athens is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s botany degrees to qualified students.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Botany/Plant Biology Report

#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s botany degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree botany students list, Michigan State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Michigan State University Botany/Plant Biology Report

#6 in overall quality

Miami University - Oxford ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Miami University - Oxford is located in Oxford, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s botany degrees to qualified students.

Miami University - Oxford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Miami University - Oxford are $31,697, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Miami University - Oxford Botany/Plant Biology Report

#8 in overall quality

Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s botany degrees to qualified students.

SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s botany degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at Ohio State

#9

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

Northwestern University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northwestern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree botany students list, Northwestern has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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