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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 26 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 botany/plant biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in botany/plant biology. To top this list, a school must have a successful botany/plant biology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree botany students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Frostburg State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Frostburg State is a small school located in Frostburg, Maryland that handed out 0 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. UMCP is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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