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2024 Best Value Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in Virginia

1 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$21,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Botany Schools in Virginia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Botany Schools in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Botany/Plant Biology is the 259th most popular major in the country with 691 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, botany/plant biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,599 and had an average of $22,454 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 10 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent botany/plant biology programs, but they also cost less that 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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The botany school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Botany Schools in Virginia”.

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Best Value Botany Schools in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Botany Schools in Virginia.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in Virginia

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Botany Schools in Virginia list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 ’s botany degrees to qualified students.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Schools in Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $21,301 for virginia botany students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Virginia Tech

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