by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Far Western US region, there were 171 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,926 and $22,783 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in botany/plant biology. That schools that top this list have a program in botany/plant biology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Far Western US Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree botany students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Far Western US Region list. UH Manoa is a fairly large public school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 12 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Far Western US Region list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at Washington State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Far Western US Region. Oregon State University is a public institution located in Corvallis, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #4 spot on the list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at University of California - Davis
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Riverside. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Far Western US Region. UCR is a public institution located in Riverside, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Full University of California - Riverside Botany/Plant Biology Report
University of California - Berkeley ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Far Western US Region list. UC Berkeley is a large school located in Berkeley, California that handed out 1 masters’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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 California - Berkeley Botany/Plant Biology Report
University of Washington - Seattle Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 8 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
With a ranking of #7, California State University - Chico did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Far Western US Region list. Chico State is a fairly large public school situated in Chico, California. It awarded 0 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at California State University - Chico
Claremont Graduate University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This small school is located in Claremont, California, and it awarded 1 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at Claremont Graduate University
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