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

6 Ranked Colleges
62 Degrees Awarded
$29,699 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 691 people earned their degree in botany/plant biology, making the major the 259th most popular in the United States. 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 Southeast region, there were 170 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,699 and $22,125 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree botany students.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in the Southeast Region

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North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 42 degrees to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at North Carolina State University

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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southeast Region. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 11 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at UGA

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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southeast Region. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 9 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 University of Florida Botany/Plant Biology Report

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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Kentucky Botany/Plant Biology Report

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Union University
Jackson, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southeast Region list. Union University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jackson, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at Union

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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 17 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at Mississippi State University

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