2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 New England region, there were 25 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 5 doctorate’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England 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 Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Botany/Plant Biology Report

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$33,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s botany degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UVM also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. 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 full report on Botany/Plant Biology at University of Vermont

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology

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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