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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region

15 Ranked Colleges
87 Degrees Awarded
$30,520 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Great Lakes region, there were 179 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,520 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 87 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 15 colleges that offered a degree in botany/plant biology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in botany/plant biology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 15 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in the Great Lakes Region

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Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. OWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Delaware, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Ohio Wesleyan University Botany/Plant Biology Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2020-2021.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 6 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region. Oxford, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s botany degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, 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 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Michigan State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Kent State University at Kent did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Kent, Ohio, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2020-2021.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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With a ranking of #10, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 2 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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With a ranking of #11, Ohio University - Lancaster Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio University - Lancaster Campus is a public institution located in Lancaster, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at OHIO Lancaster

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Ohio University - Southern Campus landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Ironton, Ohio, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2020-2021.

Full Ohio University - Southern Campus Botany/Plant Biology Report

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Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Chillicothe, Ohio, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus Botany/Plant Biology Report

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Ohio University - Eastern Campus
Saint Clairsville, Ohio

Ohio University - Eastern Campus ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Eastern is a public institution located in Saint Clairsville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full OHIO Eastern Botany/Plant Biology Report

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Ohio University - Zanesville Campus came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio University - Zanesville Campus is a small school located in Zanesville, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.

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