by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 Southwest region, there were 44 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 7 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 2 masters’s botany degrees 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s botany degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 3 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, 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 Texas A&M College Station
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #5 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 2 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at Arizona State University - Tempe
The University of Texas at Austin came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at The University of Texas at Austin
University of Arizona ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Botany Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s botany students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Botany/Plant Biology at University of Arizona
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