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2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
43 Degrees Awarded
$27,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Botany Schools for a Master's in the Southeast 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Southeast region, there were 173 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,985 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 6 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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Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in the Southeast Region

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Mississippi State University is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s botany degrees to qualified students.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State University are $23,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Mississippi State

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s botany students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree botany students list, NC State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at NC State

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 8 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree botany students list, UGA has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476.

Full University of Georgia Botany/Plant Biology Report

#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. University of Florida is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 5 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree botany students list, UF has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UF Botany/Plant Biology Report

#5

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 3 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas are $22,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at University of Arkansas

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Botany Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 3 masters’s botany degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

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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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