by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools Highly Focused on Botany Major in Illinois” 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 Illinois, there were 33 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Botany Major in Illinois” ranking analyzed 3 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools Highly Focused on Botany Major in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois botany students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Botany Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Botany Major in Illinois. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 13 ’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Botany Major in Illinois. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 ’s botany degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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