by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 28 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 5 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. University of Wyoming is a fairly large school located in Laramie, Wyoming that handed out 4 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #2 spot on the list. Colorado State is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 1 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, 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 85%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Bozeman, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Montana State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. U of I is a public institution located in Moscow, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at University of Idaho
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