2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in New Mexico

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New Mexico, there were 10 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,779 and $27,879 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in New Mexico” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in botany/plant biology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their botany/plant biology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in New Mexico

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

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Botany/Plant Biology in New Mexico

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2020-2021.

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Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

#12 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New Mexico University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in New Mexico list. Located in Silver City, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s botany students in 2020-2021.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.