by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” 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 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 “Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in botany/plant biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular botany/plant biology programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s. University of Hawaii at 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 Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Pullman, Washington, and it awarded 9 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
Full Washington State University Botany/Plant Biology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s. UC Davis is a large public school situated in Davis, California. It awarded 5 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, 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 93%.
Full University of California - Davis Botany/Plant Biology Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Oregon State is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 5 masters’s botany 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 Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Riverside landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Riverside, California, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s botany students 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of California - Berkeley landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s ranking. Located in Berkeley, California, 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 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 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%.
Claremont Graduate University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s ranking. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Claremont, California. It awarded 1 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Botany/Plant Biology at Claremont Graduate University
California State University - Chico ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Botany Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. Located in Chico, California, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s botany students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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